Download Free: Collaborative Production Management in the Process Industries: A Stepwise Approach from KPIs to Workflow Processes
Over the last 20 years, the processing industries have invested heavily in automation and plant information systems such that the data is now accessible. As a result, we should now be able to put it to productive use. Or can we? The challenge with raw data, no matter how accessible, is that it is just data, and data still requires a lot of work before it can be turned into knowledge. In most cases, the data needs to be validated, analyzed and converted into a level of knowledge that is actionable. And this can still require a significant investment of time and resources.