Asset Performance Management (APM) is a critical core competency for any manufacturer or asset intensive company. LNS Research has designated APM, along with Quality, Manufacturing Operations, Energy Management, and Environment, Health, & Safety (EHS)/Sustainability as a pillar of Operational Excellence. Failure to achieve excellence in any one of these pillars puts Enterprise Performance at risk and failure in in two or more pretty much dooms any chance of achieving Operational Excellence, regardless of how the enterprise defines it.
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Recent Posts
Rockwell Automation: Its FactoryTalk APM Software Portfolio
Posted by | Research Team | on August 31, 2016
Categories: Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), Smart Connected Assets, Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), Asset Performance Management (APM)
VelocityEHS and Enhsa Partner Up & Emerson Sells Shares for $5.2 B
Posted by | Research Team | on August 07, 2016
In this weekly Roundup, LNS Research explores recent announcements and events, such as Velocity and Enhesa announces a strategic partnership; Emerson sells Network Power Leroy-Somer business for $5.2 billion; Tesla is set to acquire SolarCity; and Biogen may have a possible buyout on the horizon.
Read MoreCategories: Sustainability, Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM), Cloud, Environment, Health and Safety (EHS)
Oracle Makes a $9.3B Acquisition & Tesla Lays Out the Gigafactory [Roundup]
Posted by | Research Team | on July 31, 2016
Categories: Enterprise Quality Management System (EQMS), Cloud, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), Industrial Transformation / Digital Transformation
Joy Global Acquired for $3.7B & Boeing Moves Analytics to Microsoft Azure [Roundup]
Posted by | Research Team | on July 24, 2016
In this weekly Roundup, LNS Research explores recent announcements and events, such as Industry Day hosted by ExxonMobil and Open Group; Joy Global gets acquired by Komatsu; Boeing moves its analytics to Microsoft Azure to further enable the IoT; and a public-private partnership is formed to help the workforce in digital manufacturing.
Read MoreCategories: Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM), Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), Industrial Transformation / Digital Transformation, Asset Performance Management (APM)
IIoT Partnerships, EHS Acquisitions, and a Lesson from Pokémon Go [Roundup]
Posted by | Research Team | on July 17, 2016
GE and Microsoft Team Up in the Name of IIoT
Earlier this week General Electric and Microsoft Corporation developed a partnership to unite each of the companies’ Cloud technologies. The two organizations hope to increase Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) strength with the companionship of GE’s Predix Platform and Microsoft Azure.
Read MoreCategories: #Roundup, Big Data, Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), Environment, Health and Safety (EHS)
KRR to Acquire Epicor & Honeywell Invests $1.5B into Intelligrated [Roundup]
Posted by | Research Team | on July 10, 2016
In this weekly Roundup, LNS Research explores recent announcements and events, such as Epicor is to be acquired by KKR; Honeywell acquires Intelligrated for $1.5 billion; a trio-partnership forms for an integrated automation platform; and J.D. Power's recent release of its quality survey results.
Read MoreCategories: Enterprise Quality Management System (EQMS), Cloud, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Big Data, Mobile / Mobility, Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)
Cisco Makes Cloud Acquisition & Intelex Adds EHS Value [Roundup]
Posted by | Research Team | on July 03, 2016
In this weekly Roundup, LNS Research explores recent announcements and events, such as Intelex acquires Ecocion; Cisco is to acquire CloudLock; Volkswagen settles on emissions scandal; and ABB announces a new location in Silicon Valley.
Read MoreCategories: Risk Management, Cloud, Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), Asset Performance Management (APM), Environment, Health and Safety (EHS)
Enviance Acquires Cloud-Based EHS Provider & Drones Fly Free [Roundup]
Posted by | Research Team | on June 26, 2016
In this weekly Roundup, LNS Research explores recent announcements and events, such as Enviance Acquires Actio Corporation; commerical users can now fly drones for profit purposes without a pilot's license; and Intel continues with its IoT vision.
Read MoreCategories: Supply Chain Management (SCM), Cloud, Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), Industrial Transformation / Digital Transformation, Environment, Health and Safety (EHS)
Honeywell Launches IIoT Platform & the Big Buzz on Microsoft & LinkedIn [Roundup]
Posted by | Research Team | on June 19, 2016
In this weekly Roundup, LNS Research explores recent announcements and events, such as GE releases its new Brilliant Manufacturing Module; Honeywell Process Solutions announces it new IIoT analytics suite; Microsoft and set to acquire LinkedIn; and Biogen's Cambridge, MA locations announces its closing at the end of 2016.
Read MoreCategories: Enterprise Quality Management System (EQMS), Cloud, Big Data, Mobile / Mobility, Predictive Maintenance (PM), Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)
AspenTech Makes an Asset Reliability Acquisition & adidas’ SPEEDFACTORY [Roundup]
Posted by | Research Team | on June 12, 2016
In this weekly Roundup, LNS Research explores recent announcements and events, such as AspenTech acquires Fidelis Group, LLC; adidas goes completely robotic in its first factory in Germany after 20+ years; and HPE further commits to Iot/IIoT.
Read MoreCategories: Enterprise Quality Management System (EQMS), Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), Asset Performance Management (APM)