IoT is revolutionizing maintenance in industry

The digital transformation of industry has long focused on the dematerialization of exchanges. Thanks to technological advances linked to IoT, the industry is entering a new phase in its deployment: the reincarnation of information flows, directly into intelligent industrial tools.

Why IoT is revolutionizing industrial maintenance

The advent ofIndustry 4.0 accompanies a fundamental economic and managerial evolution. Legal protections, Corporate Social Responsibility, new performance requirements... The demands placed on the industry have increased with the sophistication of the means at its disposal. The complexity of missions and the volume of industrial data now exceed the processing capacities of the teams.

IIoT does not replace, but complements human resources. It has applications throughout the value chain of each industry, and particularly in maintenance. Thanks to CMMS (Computer-Assisted Maintenance Management), markets are revolutionizing towards industry 4.0.

IoT, vital for data-driven industry 4.0

While controversies are raging around the introduction of artificial intelligence in the private sector, IoT is transforming the world of work with relative discretion. La Fourth Industrial Revolution However, it is redefining the standards of performance, environmental efficiency, and employee experience in all economic sectors.

From IoT to IIoT: Industry 4.0 in addition

Let's start by demystifying high-tech acronyms and jargon. THEIIoT (Industrial Internet of Things) is nothing but IoT applied to industrial activities. And its sophistication doesn't make it any less accessible. To be convinced of this, all you have to do is review some of its applications:

• optimizing the irrigation of a field, using satellite images and tracking and tracking tools;
• the inspection of underwater installations by remotely controlled robots;
• or even smoothing the energy consumption of a factory by smart meters.

These innovations rival common sense. A demonstration can convince any field operator of their interest. No superfluous gadgets or marketing whim, Industry 4.0 weaves cyber-physical networks that it uses to optimize industrial performance.

Giving voice to business tools

The ongoing industrial revolution continues the movement initiated by the decentralization and digitalization of industrial operations.

By dint of segmenting the value chain, digital transformation ended up encountering consistency and reactivity problems. Industry 4.0 addresses this by refining and channeling data production, thanks to:

• to the deployment of electronic sensors new generation, without a SIM card, three times cheaper, and consuming up to 30 times less energy;
• to the storage of information on the Cloud,
• and the use ofintelligent and interconnected objects, which capture and analyze live information flows.

These three innovations finally offer business users total and real-time visibility on the status of operations. Industry 4.0 puts the decisionmaking data driven within the reach of any industry.

How IoT is revolutionizing maintenance in industry

The challenges of industrial maintenance underlie the imperative of economic and operational performance. With the emergence of an IIoT at the service of CMMS, maintenance jobs are gaining momentum.

IIoT equips predictive maintenance

This is the most obvious application of IIoT in maintenance jobs. CMMS introduced the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning to analyze volumes of information that are too heavy to be processed by human beings. It is now about relocate this data into tools and processes to which they are linked. They optimize their performance, by anticipating their malfunctions and by finding solutions before production is impacted. From managing inventory to minimizing technical downtime, IIoT has the potential to simplify each of the maintenance missions.

The IIoT lays the foundations for industrial ecology

The challenges of digital transformation and those of CSR have in common that they are transversal to the entire value chain. Thanks to IIoT, digital tools are finally being put at the service of a company's environmental performance.

This new approach to Green IT policies approaches industrial maintenance from the perspective ofoptimizing resource management :

• saving on raw materials from their Sourcing,
• saving and smoothing energy consumption,
• reduction of waste and errors.

CMMS based on the IIoT facilitates the construction of industrial ecology, thanks to optimization data driven of the entire production chain.

The IIoT prepares for the arrival of mixed reality

IIoT is one of the most recent technological developments in the fourth industrial revolution; but it certainly won't be the last. The pioneers of Industry 4.0 are already experimenting with mixed reality tools.

These seem to come straight out of a sci-fi movie. However, virtual reality headsets and other holographic laptops are already finding practical applications in work processes that combine digital tools and human know-how. Future CMMS jobs will, for example, involve smart glasses, thanks to which a specialized technician will be able to guide a repair remotely.

IIoT puts know-how back at the heart of CMMS

Digital transformation often gets bad press from operational teams. Change management is perceived as time-consuming, imposed by management, alienating, and without real added value. In addition to this bad impression, there are sometimes justified fears that one's position will be questioned.

Despite these prejudices, on the contrary, Industry 4.0 aims to put human know-how back at the heart of work processes. It is directly in line with Corporate Social Responsibility through its concern for well-being at work. It improves the employee experience, by providing teams with tools that meet their field needs.

The community maintenance management platform offered by Mobility Work takes this last objective particularly seriously. It bases the CMMS on the community information sharing. First, by facilitating the training of teams in a new tool that increases their skills.

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