We should get more women involved in the tech business!

Knowing the precise location of your assets – whether it is a portable X-ray machine or aircraft de-icer – saves time and money. It is estimated that 28% of nurses spend at least an hour a shift searching for the equipment they need – costing something in the region of €4,056 a year for each nurse. It is a similar story in every industry, from aviation to manufacturing and retail.

The topic of data analytics is as much hyped as it is questioned – the spectrum of opinion ranges from “data as the new oil of the economy” to “analytics conclusions are not 100% reliable” and all the nuances in between. Each one is true in its own way. To help you better understand this topic, I gathered some recurring questions that production experts usually raise, and discussed them with our manufacturing analytics engineers, IT experts, and data scientists.

In a recent webinar hosted by element14, our Solution Architect for Industry 4.0 at Bosch Software Innovations, Verena Majuntke, discussed the relevance of the Internet of Things (IoT) in the manufacturing space. During the webinar, we were asked some very interesting questions that we wanted to share with you. So see below: