Business Chief USA September 2019

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environment to develop rules, rule
engines and algorithms, applying
pattern recognition tools to better
understand asset health and guide
decision making on maintenance and
investment. Greene’s colleague, Senior
Technical Advisor Rob MacNeil, reveals
more sensors are now being deployed
in the field. “We’re able to instantly see
impending health issues,” he says.
“Pattern recognition that absorbs
our sensor information and applies
principles to find anomalies and give
us early alerts, is rolling up all of our
intelligence – from preventative and
predictive maintenance to predictive
analytics and operator surveillance –
into the rules engine to offer an
improved real time view of our assets.”
The positive impact on efficiency
has been felt across the business.
Previously the technical team would
spend time searching for and managing
information but less time actually doing
high-end analytics. One of the goals for
NSP’s asset management program has
been achieved: to provide intelligence
capable of delivering actionable
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