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Austin Energy leverages EcoStruxure™ ADMS to improve energy efficiency

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Austin Energy, the eighth largest community-owned utility in the U.S., serves more than a million residents in and around the capital city of Texas. The utility’s mission is to convert “big data” into useful information, provide more reliable customer service, and improve energy efficiency, in part by creating a safer, stronger, more resilient power grid. Austin Energy chose an EcoStruxure solution, including ADMS to deal with their data dilemma. Defending against severe weather conditions The Texas-based utility needed to better manage the effects of severe weather, which is the number one cause of power outages, costing the U.S. economy billions of dollars a year in lost output and wages, spoiled inventory, delayed production, inconvenience, and damage to grid infrastructure. Smart grid technology that can withstand the impact of severe weather conditions and increase resilience can improve the overall effectiveness of grid operations, leading to greater efficiencies in energy use...

How do you get the most out of your equipment and increase your OEE?

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In the world of F&B investment budgets are tight and ROI is carefully assessed, especially for CAPEX heavy projects. At the same time, companies must meet expanding demand in markets such as APAC to capture market share. Everyone is asking – how do you get the most out of your existing equipment, while keeping investment costs low? How do you improve throughput and yield without additional investments that will eat into already thin margins? Lean management principles and digital transformation of the continuous improvement process provide a solution. Digital tools that measure, visualize and analyze the factors driving operational performance enable gain greater visibility into companies’ processes. This allows businesses to empower individuals and teams to identify inefficiencies and streamline processes to minimize time, effort, and waste. This is more than just theoretical – New Belgium Brewing decreased downtime by more than 50% using a digital performance managemen...