The Industrial IoT Blog
IIoT Insights by Henry Costa
Tag: Quality Management
The processes and systems used to ensure products meet defined quality standards. It focuses on consistency, compliance, traceability, and continuous improvement.
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Shop Floor Connectivity Lessons from a Titanium Dioxide Plant
Read more: Shop Floor Connectivity Lessons from a Titanium Dioxide PlantLong before “IIoT” became a standard term, manufacturing plants already had a real problem to solve. Data was everywhere on the shop floor, but nowhere at the same time. Control systems knew what was happening second by second. Labs held…
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Stakeholder Alignment for IIoT: IT, OT, and Quality on the Same Page
Read more: Stakeholder Alignment for IIoT: IT, OT, and Quality on the Same PageGetting IT, OT, and Quality to work together sounds like a reasonable goal. In practice, it’s one of the hardest things I’ve dealt with in more than 20 years in digital manufacturing. Every site, every program, every rollout. The same…
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My First Real IIoT Project: Making Automotive Plants Smarter
Read more: My First Real IIoT Project: Making Automotive Plants SmarterIf I had to pick one project that truly started my Industrial IoT journey, it would be this one. Back in 2017, I was helping a large global automotive parts manufacturer — one of the top 10 worldwide — modernize…