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Daily Production Reports in Power BI

Oct 23, 2019
1 min

Daily Production Reports in Power BI

In my last video, I showed how you can turn a static daily report into a longer term view of your operations (In case you missed it, you can see it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9HJcuBqENI&t=1s). You might have thought from that video that I see no value in understanding where a plant is operationally on a daily basis. That isn’t true. It is important to “know where you are on the map” as well as how you got there. In this video, I show how you can combine the daily

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Static Reports SHOULD Be a Thing of the PAST!

Oct 2, 2019
1 min

Static Reports SHOULD Be a Thing of the PAST!

I have actually seen recent posts on PI Square where people wanted a printout of PI Processbook screens so that everyone would be looking at the same data in the morning meetings at their plant. I was also recently given a static .PDF report from one of our customers to convert to a longer term, more insightful report that was actually the inspiration for this post. I also recently had a discussion with a potential customer where they wanted to do real-time or near real-time

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PI Data Extraction Series Part 4 - PI Integrator for Business Analytics

May 9, 2019
1 min

PI Data Extraction Series Part 4 - PI Integrator for Business Analytics

In this video, I show how time-series data from the PI System can be sent to a PI View and then analyzed in Microsoft's Power BI tool: #BusinessIntelligence #OperationalIntelligence #PISystem #BigData #Analytics #ManufacturingIntelligence #OSIsoft #EventFrames

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Part 3 of the PI Data Extraction Series - PI OLEDB Enterprise

Apr 18, 2019
1 min

Part 3 of the PI Data Extraction Series - PI OLEDB Enterprise

Here is the video series that Curt Hertler did several years ago that I reference in the video above: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMcG1Hs2JbctevpVLAmrqTW0PL7LGDTjV #BusinessIntelligence #OperationalIntelligence #PISystem #IIoT #AssetFramework #Analytics #ManufacturingIntelligence

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PI World 2019 Presentation - Telling stories with data that set your company on fire

Apr 15, 2019
1 min

PI World 2019 Presentation - Telling stories with data that set your company on fire

I had a blast presenting at PI World 2019 with Rich Ermlick. Here is the presentation: #BusinessIntelligence #OperationalIntelligence #PISystem #IIoT #Analytics #ManufacturingIntelligence #IndustrialInternetofThings

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PI Data Extraction Part 2 - Slicing Data with BI Tools

Mar 27, 2019
1 min

PI Data Extraction Part 2 - Slicing Data with BI Tools

In this video, we take sampled data from PI Datalink and slice it with Tableau and Power BI. We also discuss the concept of combining data sets for investigations with BI tools. We can create "event frame like" investigations using these tools with raw data. Once again, I reference Rick Smith's presentation from the 2018 PI World conference: https://www.osisoft.com/Presentations/Feeding-the-Machine-Learning-Monster/ I also mention some videos on PI Datalink, which you can see

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PI Data Extraction - Part 1 the Decision Process

Mar 21, 2019
1 min

PI Data Extraction - Part 1 the Decision Process

We were asked what tools we use for extracting data out of the PI System. This is part 1 - the decision making process on the right data extraction tool. There will be several videos to follow showing data analysis techniques and the extraction methods used for each. I mentioned Rick Smith's presentation in the video - here is the link: https://www.osisoft.com/Presentations/Feeding-the-Machine-Learning-Monster/ #OperationalIntelligence #Analytics #IIoT #ManufacturingIntellige

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Why PI AF is CRITICAL - Part IV, Multi-Variate Data Analysis

Feb 28, 2019
1 min

Why PI AF is CRITICAL - Part IV, Multi-Variate Data Analysis

In these two videos, I show how PI AF and PI Event Frames can help with multi-variate data models and I also talk in more detail about what I think our future in control rooms in manufacturing will look like. I truly believe that technology like this, married with domain expertise, has the potential to drastically change manufacturing for the better. Analysis tools like SIMCA and SIMCA Online will help us get to value way faster than ever before. I believe that tools that OSI

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Why AF is CRITICAL Part 3 - How These Tools Fit into Advanced Analytics

Feb 13, 2019
1 min

Why AF is CRITICAL Part 3 - How These Tools Fit into Advanced Analytics

In these videos, I talk about how PI's Asset Framework and Event Frames help with advanced analytics and machine learning efforts. I also talk about "in the meantime" solutions and how they can help in potential longer range data science (machine learning, multi-variate data analysis, and AI) projects down the road. Here is the 3 minute synopsis: If you want to watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/VuyTugAe0PQ Here is the full 18 minute discussion: If you want to watch on YouTub

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Sometimes, the Simple Analytics Can be HUGE!

Feb 7, 2019
1 min

Sometimes, the Simple Analytics Can be HUGE!

Sometimes, it is the often, simple analytics that can help us a ton. In this video, I show an example. You can see it here If you can get to YouTube and if you like the content, please subscribe and hit the bell, as you will be notified when we post a new video! If your company blocks YouTube, hopefully, it will play below. #Analytics #OperationalIntelligence #IIoT #ManufacturingIntelligence #IndustrialInternetofThings #AssetFramework #OSIsoft #PISystem

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Why PI Asset Framework is CRITICAL Part I

Jan 30, 2019
1 min

Why PI Asset Framework is CRITICAL Part I

This is a follow up to my blog "Toting the Oil" back in May of 2017. I take a little field trip and walk you through several analogies. #Analytics #OSIsoft #PISystem #EventFrames #AssetFramework

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Featured "PI Geek"

Nov 9, 2018
1 min

Featured "PI Geek"

I am featured as the "Monthly PI Geek" on OSIsoft's user forum called "PI Square." For some reason, this strikes me as comical, as there are much smarter and "geekier" people than me on the PI System, although I can hold my own with a lot of it. I take it as an honor and thanks to whoever nominated me to Rick Davin. #Analytics #OSIsoft #PISystem #EventFrames #AssetFramework #ManufacturingIntelligence #OperationalIntelligence #IndustrialInternetofThings #IIoT

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PI World Presentation 2018

May 7, 2018
1 min

PI World Presentation 2018

On April 25th, 2018, I had the pleasure of co-presenting with Rick Smith of International Paper. It was a great experience and an honor to present with someone I have looked up to and considered a friend for the last 5 years. In the video, you will see some examples of the work we have been doing with the latest PI tools and with some Business Intelligence software like Power BI and Tableau. I will say this, I truly believe that we are only scratching the surface of what COU

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5 Lessons in Storytelling With Data

Mar 21, 2018
8 min

5 Lessons in Storytelling With Data

It has been a while since I have sat down to write. Honestly, it is a combination of things: busyness, writer's block to a certain extent, and also coming up with a catchy enough topic that I thought would resonate with people. Leave it to a book to inspire me, and the one that has inspired this post shares the title of this blog. Storytelling With Data is an excellent book written by an ex-Google People Analytics director, Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic. Before I get into some of t

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Why Many IIoT Projects Fail

Jun 20, 2017
4 min

Why Many IIoT Projects Fail

I recently read an LNS research article entitled "Why OEE and Plant Visualization Projects Keep Failing" and it made me to think about what are the ingredients of a successful project in IIoT (I use IIoT as a general term. Pick your other buzzword - Industry 4.0, Digital Transformation, et al). I think there were valid points made in this article. Here were the basics, or "must haves" from their use cases involving three studied companies/projects: Created new hybrid Manufac

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Are You "Toting The Oil" Up The Stairs?

May 23, 2017
5 min

Are You "Toting The Oil" Up The Stairs?

Last week, my wife Kristina and I visited the Saint Augustine lighthouse and it was an enjoyable visit to a landmark we have taken 3 years of living here to finally go see. Little did I know that the visit would give me a great analogy for my work life. It hit me Sunday morning as I was thinking about how to explain something to one of my prospects. This person is struggling to convince their management to use my services to do some work with PI AF and Event Frames, which I v

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What is the IIoT architecture of the future?

Mar 31, 2017
3 min

What is the IIoT architecture of the future?

The IIoT architecture of the future will stratify. It won't just be cloud or on-prem.

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Manufacturing Data is an Asset, Please Treat It That Way!

Oct 12, 2015
3 min

Manufacturing Data is an Asset, Please Treat It That Way!

This blog originally posted on Jim Gavigan's LinkedIn page here. asset[as-et] noun a useful and desirable thing or quality: Organizational ability is an asset. a single item of ownership having exchange value. So, would you consider your car or house as an asset? Your money? Other possessions? Let me ask this then, if it is truly an asset, is it something you work to take care of and keep in good order or something that collects dust and falls into disrepair? My suspicion is

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IIoT - How and Where Do I Standardize?

Sep 9, 2015
5 min

IIoT - How and Where Do I Standardize?

This blog originally posted on Jim Gavigan's LinkedIn page here. I recently read an ISA article on the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and this is the second installment to a 4 part series of commentary on the article. There is a lot of great information in the article, and I am giving a "view from the ground" on several highlights from it. Regarding standardization, the article states: "With most of the technological components already available, concerns over cybersecu

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Why can't manufacturing intelligence systems be more like Yelp?

Aug 26, 2015
3 min

Why can't manufacturing intelligence systems be more like Yelp?

This blog originally posted on Jim Gavigan's LinkedIn page here. Whenever I go out of town and am hungry (or frankly, even when I am in town and hungry), I search Yelp to find a good restaurant. If I want to find a reasonable priced Italian restaurant, within 5 miles, open now, and with good reviews the last 3 months, I can just put all of that in my search criteria in, do a little filtering, and Voila', I get choices, nearly instantaneously. If it is that easy to find a rest

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