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You'd be surprised to hear that many industrial operators - from manufacturers to utility providers, don't store a backup of their PLCs!

Downtime costs the world’s top companies billions in revenue every year. One report goes so far as to say businesses lose $84,000 to $108,000 USD for every hour of IT system downtime. Manufacturing is no exception.

For anyone who is responsible for managing a manufacturing operation, the thought of a major breakdown event is enough to send your stress levels skyrocketing.

Having spare parts on hand is a crucial aspect of manufacturing maintenance, as every plant needs to carry a certain amount of spares to be able to recover in the event of a failure. 

The use of new innovative technology in traffic management is being implemented at a pace that is hard to keep up with, so what does the future of intelligent road infrastructure look like?

We love technology of all shapes and sizes. Here we share some of the technology trends we’ll be watching in 2017.

For manufacturing plants, managing secure, safe manufacturing processes - where downtime is limited and breakdowns are resolved as quickly as a Formula 1 pit stop - is the aim of any operation.

The ever-increasing utilisation of big data is revolutionising the way Australian manufacturing companies do business. Today’s manufacturers are using advanced analytics to increase yields and reduce costs, with data analysis delivering insights which allow companies to improve process performance and streamline their operations.

Few things eat into manufacturing profitability as significantly as unplanned downtime incidents.