Industrial pipeline security can prevent billions of dollars of theft

Credit to Author: Michael Braley| Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2023 11:29:00 +0000

Each day, Nigeria loses about 150,000 barrels of oil due to illegal tapping. Per month, that equates to about $1.5 billion in losses that can be prevented through pipeline third party intrusion and leak detection technology. Such losses occur worldwide. In Mexico, petroleum theft is…

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How Can Electrode Traceability Contribute to Better Profitability and Higher Quality Batteries in EV Battery Plants?

Credit to Author: Christel Galbrun-Noel| Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2023 11:53:50 +0000

Without electrode traceability, EVBPs cannot identify and locate critical factors that affect cell performance at the electrode level In my previous blog, I discussed why traceability is important for electric vehicle battery plants (EVBPs). Supply chain traceability gives EVBPs the ability to track and trace…

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Co-innovation: Schneider Electric and Cisco launch IT/OT solution to accelerate decarbonization in buildings

Credit to Author: Sinan Meric| Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2023 17:42:39 +0000

According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), buildings account for 37% of global CO2 emissions, so it’s clear that decarbonizing the buildings sector has significant potential for achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) climate action goal 13.  But buildings must become net…

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Taking the Power Back: The Rise of the Home Energy Prosumer

Credit to Author: Nadège Petit| Date: Tue, 23 May 2023 12:59:10 +0000

In Europe last year, energy costs for households nearly doubled compared with 2021. In the U.S., electricity prices were up 14.3%, twice the already historic rate of overall inflation. With prices like these, it’s no wonder more and more consumers are transforming their houses into…

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How a Control Panel Maker Cut Build Time by 66% and Costs by Almost 30%

Credit to Author: Erik Barnes| Date: Mon, 08 May 2023 18:40:34 +0000

In my conversations with original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) who build equipment for industrial applications, they often ask some form of, “How can I gain a competitive edge with rising labor costs and ongoing supply chain disruptions?” I tell them that there’s a major innovation in…

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Breaking Barriers: How Returnships are Changing the Game

Credit to Author: Employee Voices| Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2023 03:48:42 +0000

According to the Family Caregiver Alliance, 39% of caregivers need to leave their job to have more time to care for a loved one. Professionals also take a break from their careers to start a family, focus on well-being, gain a new skill set, attend…

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Increasing services demand alongside a workforce shortage, a recipe for disaster or a call for innovation?

Credit to Author: Wendi Runyon| Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2023 17:37:25 +0000

Our new habits generate an explosion of data …and data centers The digitization of our world has had a profound effect in every aspect of our daily lives, and that trend is expected to continue and accelerate. That trend has been the basis for the…

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How do EV battery plants benefit from end-to-end traceability?

Credit to Author: Christel Galbrun-Noel| Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2023 12:25:51 +0000

EVBPs must focus on end-to-end supply chain traceability To meet the surge in electric vehicle (EV) battery demand, electric vehicle battery plants (EVBPs) are laser-focused on quickly building new factories that can increase EV battery production. EVBPs are the manufacturing facilities where batteries are designed,…

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