Technology Record - Issue 22: Autumn 2021

143 Saar Yoskovitz Co-founder and CEO of Augury “Augury’s Machine Health solution uses internet of things (IoT) and artificial intelligence to predict and prevent machine failures and improve machine performance. By doing so, we enable manufacturers to increase capacity and uptime, as well as deliver a cultural change in how the manufacturing team works. As a result, the quality and yield of a product can be dramatically improved. Augury leverages the full Azure stack for Machine Health, from the IoT hub to IoT edge and Stream Analytics, working with Microsoft on leveraging their future roadmap as well. With Azure for Manufacturing, we will be able to fuse the customer ’s operational data with our mechanical data and create unique offerings, going beyond reliability into quality optimisation and yield optimisation.” A smart factory set-up enables businesses to accurately predict demand, energy usage and throughput, as well as identify errors and make the manufacturing process more sustainable by optimising operations. By leveraging smart factory technology, companies can reimagine operations – so teams can connect in real time, using shared data enhanced by smart analytics to improve precision and accuracy in decision-making while also enhancing performance. Using Microsoft’s rich cloud platform combined with AVEVA’s deep industry expertise helps unlock the power of human insight and elevate the way the manufacturing industry operates. By marrying the power of industrial data and artificial intelligence (AI) with the scale and flexibility of cloud, AVEVA Insight combined with Azure enables factories to access real- time data and analytics from across the shop floor and manufacturing information within a single, unified window. Customers benefit from responsive and agile plants, safe and reliable operations and secure, sustainable production thanks to the internet of things, cloud, AI and machine learning. Together, AVEVA and Microsoft are accelerating digital transformation across the manufacturing sector and empowering global companies to shape a sustainable future. Kim Custeau Senior Vice President, APM and MES at AVEVA MANU FAC TUR I NG & R E SOUR C E S