G5 Consulting & Engineering Services, David Schultz Transform the Business. Not the Solution. A little girl was helping her mother prepare a ham for a holiday dinner. She noticed her mom cutting the ends off of the ham for no apparent reason before she put it in the pan. When she asked her mom... Digital Transformation IIoT Feb 8, 2021
G5 Consulting & Engineering Services, David Schultz Digital Transformation on a Limited Budget Digital Transformation has become a rather common term in business conversations. There are many ways in which an organization can realize a digital transformation. It does not need to be expensive or... Digital Transformation Downtime Genealogy Overall Equipment Effectiveness Jan 25, 2021
G5 Consulting & Engineering Services, David Schultz Dashboard Success in a Transformation Effort A dashboard provides a quick way to view the overall performance of your plant, whether it is operational or financial. Very quickly, you are able to drill into any area of concern. But their developm... Digital Transformation IIoT Jan 18, 2021
G5 Consulting & Engineering Services, David Schultz Don't Forget the Sensors Peter Drucker is a well known management consultant and author whose work continues to be used by modern companies. One of his more famous quotes is, “If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it”. A... Digital Transformation Sensors Jan 11, 2021
G5 Consulting & Engineering Services, David Schultz Industrial Transformation Journey In a previous post I discussed how companies add unnecessary complexity to manufacturing information management and asset management efforts. The efforts should be simple with well defined objectives.... Availability Digital Transformation Genealogy Historian Performance Quality Dec 27, 2020
G5 Consulting & Engineering Services, David Schultz Adding a Little Context to your Data Analysis Diet Context in Baseball Growing up in St. Louis during the 1980s, it was hard not to be a Cardinals fan. They made their first appearance of the decade in 1982 and appeared again in 1985 and 1987. The 198... Digital Transformation Downtime Historian Dec 20, 2020
G5 Consulting & Engineering Services, David Schultz IIoT and The Underpants Gnomes Southpark. Seriously? I admit it. I am a fan of South Park . At the start of the show, the creators warn us that the show should not be watched by anyone. And yet, I love it. On of my favorite episode... Condition Based Maintenance Digital Transformation Historian IIoT Nov 29, 2020
G5 Consulting & Engineering Services, David Schultz Complexity and Industry 4.0 Occam’s Razor The concept of Occam’s Razor was introduced into our modern lexicon by Jodie Foster ‘s character in the movie Contact . William of Ockham , after whom the concept is named, was a 13th ce... Digital Transformation IIoT Nov 16, 2020
