While mechanical service is still needed, incre- asing digitalization of cars has led to the need for rmware and software updates to complement service and repairs. Instead of repairing cars once they have broken down, real-time data from connected cars enables predictive and proactive service. This creates new opportunities for OEMs to increase the direct relationship to the end customer. Conversely, repair shops need to adapt to these new conditions and innovate new business models to ensure future competitiveness.

Ensure lights are effectively utilized by advertising billboards to increase visibility, revenue and reduce utility costs, while offering multiple connectivity options to customers globally.

Companies are facing greater challenges than ever before when it comes to making sure their cooling equipment operates at maximum efficiency. One of the challenges is the need to understand how equipment is performing to optimize their use, their health and to anticipate issues and failures. Having an HVAC service engineer who continuously monitors the chiller is unrealistic.

Having no unplanned outages in multi-unit power plants throughout the late spring, the summer and the early fall months is challenging in the hot Texas weather. An unplanned outage during these months could mean having to purchase replacement power at spot market prices, which could be spiking during the outage. Knowing when and for how long to overload the equipment in power plants is a significant part of operating strategy. Operators need accurate estimates of motor driven pump and fan loading levels to determine operating limits.

Waterford Township has been faced with losing a significant number of DPW staff, some with more than three decades of water and wastewater knowledge, to retirement. The company began to search for a solution that would like real-time operational data from its SCADA systems to its CMMS and DMS to create standard operating procedures and work orders automatically when conditions were met in defined workflow procedures. One key aspect of the project was to get operating procedures standardized and in a format where staff in the field, who might not be familiar with the system, could follow the necessary steps to correct the issue.