Toronto Electricians and Electrical Contractors

We all know that downtime for any business can be expensive, even devastating. But did you know the cost of downtime is rising? Aberdeen Group reports that, on average across all industries, downtime costs are up from $164k per hour in 2014 to $260k per hour in 2017. That’s an increase of 60% in just 3 years! When it comes to downtime, motors are a disproportionally large contributor compared to other causes, simply because motors are used is so many processes, from pumping to material management. So, a failure in a motor will have a serious ripple effect on productivity. How do motors fail? The most common failure mode for a motor is when it is under excessive load. Such a condition causes an increased draw of current, which then causes overheating. It’s this overheating that causes the undue wear on motor components that ultimately results in failure. However, it’s short circuits in motors that pose the greatest dangers for the equipment, the installation, and for personnel. The...

Genpact, a former Business Process Outsourcing unit within General Electric, became an independent company in 2005 to bring their process expertise in Lean Six Sigma to clients outside the GE family. At the time they could only imagine growing from 32,000 employees and revenue of US$823 million in 2005 to 60,000+ employees and revenues of nearly US$2 billion in 2012. And while they appreciate their success, the fast pace of growth has created a number of IT challenges as well. In 2011, they discovered flaws with their expanded IT infrastructure, limiting their ability to properly manage it. Their pressing need to overhaul their infrastructure was further complicated by vendor management issues.  Aligning Genpact’s data center with business growth After taking feedback from all independent departments within the company, it became clear that there was a need for revamping existing monitoring and management processes and tools. And modular and hot-swappable data center solutions w...