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Digital Process Twins for Manufacturing Insights
In this article, we dive deep into the capabilities required to create, manage, and leverage digital process twins.
2 May 2023/by Matt SaxtonBlog
SaaS Deployment for Industrial Analytics at Scale
SaaS deployment lets companies reap the benefits of high-performance industrial analytics at the right scale, and with minimal IT overhead.
19 April 2023/by Matt SaxtonBlog
Learning the Path to Net Zero Operations
At Hannover Messe 2023, manufacturing companies learned how advanced industrial analytics can be used to achieve Net Zero operations.
17 April 2023/by Matt SaxtonBlog
Too Much for a Spreadsheet? Here’s How You Can Easily Analyze Big Data
Do you have too many rows of data for a spreadsheet? Here's how you can use advanced industrial analytics for big data.
9 February 2023/by AnastasiaBlog
3 Analytics Trends for 2023
A review of customer needs and research noted by analysts suggests that the process manufacturing industry will see many of the same trends that dominated 2022.
28 December 2022/by Matt SaxtonBlog
Put the Power of Machine Learning in the Hands of Operational Experts
With machine learning democratized, TrendMiner users can share and reuse machine learning models and notebooks created in MLHub with anyone across the organization.
17 October 2022/by Matt SaxtonBlog
Digitalization and Sustainability Take Center Stage at ACHEMA 2022
It was the first ACHEMA event to offer a Digital Hub exhibition group. The new group had more than 300 experts and participants.
12 September 2022/by Matt SaxtonBlog
TrendMiner User Event Takes a Collaborative Hybrid Approach
The global TrendLab event, Sept. 20-21, will offer great content that customers can choose to watch from the comfort of their homes.
30 August 2022/by Matt SaxtonBlog
Webinar Series Provides Fresh Insights On Driving Sustainability
Our first interview is with Laura Linnig who will talk about TrendMiner's ongoing webinar series, The Sustainability Labs | Learn to accelerate your sustainability goals using time-series data.
10 August 2022/by Matt SaxtonBlog
Advanced Analytics Prepares Process Experts for Industry 5.0
Engineers using a state-of-the-art advanced analytics solution find that they are well on their journey toward Industry 5.0.
25 July 2022/by Matt SaxtonBlog, Water & Wastewater Industry (blog)
Could Sustainable Water Management Clues Be Hiding in Your Data?
Companies making sustainable water management decisions could find clues hidden in their operational data.
14 June 2022/by Matt SaxtonBlog
Process Experts Discuss Digitalization Trends
The topic of digitalization trends has become popular around the company watercooler as well as at industry-focused events.
27 May 2022/by Matt SaxtonBlog
Why We Built the Next Generation Production Client
Rather than put the information only in the hands of the analytical-savvy engineer, 2022.R1 offers insights to engineers working at any analytics maturity level.
20 April 2022/by Matt SaxtonBlog, Chemical Industry (blog)
Manufacturers Discuss How to Make Sustainable Decisions
Chemical manufacturing leaders recently gathered to discuss a hot topic this year: how to make sustainable decisions by empowering engineers.
23 March 2022/by Matt SaxtonBlog, Water & Wastewater Industry (blog)
The Power of Data Driven Process Manufacturing
At the first stop on your digitalization journey, you might find yourself needing to take a short break.
28 February 2022/by Matt SaxtonBlog, Chemical Industry (blog)
Unlocking Machine Learning
Nimet Sterneberg is helping his chemical engineering colleagues embrace a concept often new to them: data science.
8 February 2022/by Matt SaxtonBlog, Chemical Industry (blog)
Lanxess: Driving User Adoption in Self-Service Analytics
LANXESS wanted to do more than just roll out a new tool. It created the TrendMiner Ambassador Program to establish a single connection for users to get information about it.
20 January 2022/by Matt SaxtonBlog
Continuous Learning: Educating Software Users
Being able to continue the onboarding sessions remotely was an important step in our customer’s digitalization journey. It allows them to transition from a connected factory to a more mature model.
14 January 2022/by Matt SaxtonBlog
Cutting CO2: A Case for Sustainable Data Analytics
Leveraging time-series sustainable data analytics to the max, chemical companies can reduce CO2 emissions and use raw materials more efficiently.
29 December 2021/by Matt SaxtonBlog
Arkema’s Success: Putting Advanced Analytics Users First
Nina Mas Soler said the Arkema's adoption to TrendMiner empowers employees to use self-service advanced analytics.
22 December 2021/by Matt SaxtonBlog, Oil & Gas Industry (blog)
Saving Sulfur: Using Trends to Optimize Sulfur Recovery Units
Self-service data analytics places the optimization of sulfur recovery units in the hands of oil and gas process experts.
9 December 2021/by Matt SaxtonBlog, Water & Wastewater Industry (blog)
2 Big Trends in Water & Wastewater Treatment for 2022
Even with the need for a continuous, clean flow and the difficulty to manage water, H2O sometimes is an afterthought for process manufacturing companies.
17 November 2021/by Matt SaxtonBlog, Highlights
Data Lakes, Time-Series Data, and Industrial Analytics
The challenges of integrating time-series data into data lakes can be overcome by using the right architecture and providing the appropriate metadata.
25 October 2021/by Nora VillarrealBlog, Highlights
The Fertilizer Industry Gains Actionable Timely Insights with Advanced Analytics – Part 2 of 2
Growing the analytics maturity of your team is essential to keeping your fertilizer production competitive and sustainable to meet the world's crop needs.
23 September 2021/by Mary Anne BallouzBlog, Highlights, Pharma
Improving Quality Control: the Cornerstone of Pharma Manufacturing
Pharmaceutical processes capture a huge amount of time-series data but also have tons of contextual data such as material information, lab tests and results, quality checks, and so on.
31 August 2021/by Mary Anne BallouzBlog, Highlights
The Fertilizer Industry Gains Actionable Timely Insights with Advanced Analytics – Part 1 of 2
31 August 2021/by Mary Anne BallouzBlog, Highlights
Customer Spotlight: The Advanced Analytics Coaching Journey of Umicore’s Yannick Van Thillo
Inspiring, supporting, and helping Umicore teams as they progress on their digitalization journey with self-service analytics.
30 August 2021/by Mary Anne BallouzBlog, Exclude from RSS Feed, Highlights
Game Changer & TrendMiner – 2 Words Synonymous with Customer Success
Gainsight recognizes Software AG & TrendMiner as Transformational Leaders in Customer Success at Pulse Everywhere 2021
24 June 2021/by Mary Anne BallouzBlog, Highlights
DSM Weighs in on Advanced Analytics for Their Vitamin E Production
We sat down with two DSM process experts to hear what they had to say about how they use TrendMiner to drive digitalization and improve Vitamin E production.
17 June 2021/by Mary Anne BallouzBlog, Food & Beverages Industry (blog)
Better, Faster Root Cause Analysis for the Food & Beverage Industry
A key to improving operations is having an accessible and fast approach to root cause analysis.
8 June 2021/by Mary Anne BallouzBlog, Metals & Mining Industry (blog)
Advanced Analytics Paves the Way for Intelligent Mines & Mining
You'll have 24/7 eyes on your process to analyze, monitor, and predict the most important aspects of your mines and mining processes.
25 May 2021/by Mary Anne BallouzBlog
“To Excel” or “Not to Excel” – That Is the Process Engineering Question
Excel isn’t dead, but it can’t do it all. If you're still doing data analytics with spreadsheets, it's time to reassess your approach.
13 May 2021/by Mary Anne BallouzBlog, Oil & Gas Industry (blog)
Effectively Managing the Energy Transition
Step 1: Increase Operational Efficiency
4 May 2021/by Mary Anne BallouzBlog, Food & Beverages Industry (blog)
Food & Beverage 4.0: Putting Pieces of the Process Puzzle Together
Spoiler alert: consumers want and expect high quality products, so maintaining precise process records is crucial to meeting quality assurance to give consumers what they want.
23 April 2021/by Mary Anne BallouzBlog
Customer Spotlight: How Umicore’s Dave Carpels Led the Way for TrendMiner Adoption
Inspiring, supporting, and helping Umicore teams as they progress on their digitalization journey with self-service analytics.
7 April 2021/by Mary Anne BallouzBlog
TrendMiner’s Coach Program – a Change Management Approach for Supporting Its Users
Ultimately, our Coach Program is about people helping people.
29 March 2021/by Mary Anne BallouzBlog, Exclude from RSS Feed, Oil & Gas Industry (blog)
Oil & Gas and The Race to Net-Zero
Digitalization is pretty key in helping the Oil & Gas industry meet the energy needs of the not-so distant future.
11 March 2021/by Mary Anne BallouzBlog, Metals & Mining Industry (blog)
Blog: Smart Mining: Striking Operational Gold with Data Analytics
Discover how self-service analytics solutions results in smarter and more efficient Metals & Metals operations
5 March 2021/by Mary Anne BallouzBlog
Build Your Process Expert & Data Science Dream Team with TrendMiner 2021.R1
2021.R1's embedded notebooks allows for more robust collaboration and creates a dream team of process experts and data scientists
4 February 2021/by Mary Anne BallouzBlog, Chemical Industry (blog)
Customer Perspectives: Ulf Conrad, Plant Chemist at DSM Sisseln, Switzerland
In this special blog post, Ulf Conrad, TrendMiner user and DSM Plant Chemist, discusses how he and his team used the TrendMiner platform to run a plant trial during the COVID-19 pandemic.
28 January 2021/by Mary Anne BallouzBlog
TrendMiner: A Self-Service Industrial Analytics Tool Connecting Factories Around the World
Rob Azevedo, Product Manager at TrendMiner, explains how its self-service analytics tool connects factories locally and globally for improved team collaboration.
6 January 2021/by Mary Anne BallouzBlog
A Podcast That Makes Sense for Industrial Manufacturing Process Experts
Learn about Industry 4.0 buzz words, self-service analytics, what's going on now, and what's to come......
9 December 2020/by Mary Anne BallouzBlog, Water & Wastewater Industry (blog)
A Water Industry Webinar: Advanced Analytics for Water & Wastewater Treatment
Learn how the water industry can use advanced analytics to gain valuable insights by leveraging their process data.
25 November 2020/by Mary Anne BallouzBlog
Working from Home in Support of an Industrial Manufacturing Plant
In this special blog post, TrendMiner customer Mike Malone, Process Engineer at Toray Plastics ( America), discusses how, given work disruptions due to COVID-19, TrendMiner allowed for a seamless transition to working from home.
19 November 2020/by Mary Anne BallouzBlog
Top TrendMiner Articles from Industry-favorite Publications
Missed these articles recently featured in the media? No worries! We’ve compiled them for you so you can kick back and catch up on some reading.
14 November 2020/by Edwin van DijkBlog, Chemical Industry (blog)
Customer Perspectives: Sukhpal Singh, Production Engineer at Kuraray America
In this special blog post, TrendMiner customer Sukhpal Singh, Production Engineer at Kuraray America, discusses how efficient, timely process communication is essential for industrial manufacturing optimization and how a tool like TrendMiner makes this happen.
2 November 2020/by Mary Anne BallouzBlog
Introducing Your New Resource for Industrial Manufacturing IIoT & Analytics Terms
Even for experts in the field, IIoT terminology can be a lot to keep up with, so we’ve compiled this glossary of common terms and phrases just for you.
23 October 2020/by Mary Anne BallouzBlog
10 Reasons for Industrial Manufacturing Managers to Run Their Plants Differently
Be bold and entertain the possibility of running your plants differently. Learn 10 reasons to adopt self-service analytics.
16 October 2020/by Mary Anne BallouzBlog, Metals & Mining Industry (blog)
The Metals & Mining Industry Can Solve Their Operational Challenges by Democratizing Analytics & Data
A self-service analytics tool is about sustainability. It is about tapping into your data, so you increase efficiency and productivity.
5 October 2020/by Mary Anne BallouzBlog, Water & Wastewater Industry (blog)
How the Water & Wastewater Industry Can Reduce Energy Consumption
New ways to increase energy efficiency and optimize operations need to be implemented for the industry to combat the challenges they're facing.
30 September 2020/by Mary Anne BallouzBlog
10 Frequently Asked Questions about IIoT and Industrial Analytics
Can you explain what Industry 4.0, IIoT, smart factories, industrial analytics, and other related technical terms are if someone asked you? Now you can.
8 September 2020/by Mary Anne BallouzBlog
Illuminate Your Production Process with Context Information
Capturing and combining contextual information with time series analytics will shed new light on your operational performance.
27 August 2020/by Mary Anne BallouzBlog
Stop Wrestling with Your Industrial Manufacturing Big Data
What images come to mind when you think about the challenge of wrestling with your process manufacturing big data?
20 August 2020/by Mary Anne BallouzBlog
Time Traveling with an Experienced Process Expert
No need to have an “A-ha, hindsight” moment - instead use self-service analytics to truly get a handle on your operational processes.
11 August 2020/by Mary Anne BallouzBlog
The Power of Hindsight: Tales from Process Experts
Thinking back in the past, wouldn't it have been great to have an analytics tool that made your work and life easier? A tool that gave you insight into production data?
29 July 2020/by Mary Anne BallouzBlog
The Magic of Advanced Analytics for Industrial Manufacturing Processes
What would be your three production wishes? Wouldn’t it be great if you had your own genie to grant you these wishes to make your job easier and better?
15 July 2020/by Mary Anne BallouzBlog, Oil & Gas Industry (blog)
Advanced Analytics Allows Oil & Gas Companies to Come Out on the Other Side in 2020 and Beyond
Advanced analytics allows Oil & Gas companies to find improved manufacturing operational rhythm and synchronization in 2020 and beyond.
1 July 2020/by Mary Anne BallouzBlog
How to Solve Your Industrial Manufacturing Production Challenges
Monitoring and overseeing production is a tough job even when all is going well. But what about when it's not? The key is working smarter, not harder.
23 June 2020/by Mary Anne BallouzBlog
Adapt to Dynamic Industrial Manufacturing Markets with the Help of Technology
Technology can help companies adapt to dynamic industrial manufacturing markets and help them transition into the new technological era.
17 June 2020/by Mary Anne BallouzBlog
Big Data Analytics for the Manufacturing Industry: How to Find the Hidden Gems
Imagine if all along you had an immensely valuable painting, a Pollock or Kandinsky, just sitting in your attic gathering dust.
9 June 2020/by Mary Anne BallouzBlog
Plant Managers – Slam Dunk Your Industrial Manufacturing Process with Advanced Analytics
By using the right self-service industrial analytics tool, plant managers can empower their team to transform factory data into intelligence and know-how and acheive process excellence.
3 June 2020/by Mary Anne BallouzBlog
Realizing Smart Factories – Understanding the Goals, Challenges, and Positive Outcomes
Realizing a smart factory may sound complicated, but once you understand what it entails you can easily structure a plan.
26 May 2020/by Mary Anne BallouzBlog
Industry 4.0, the Smart Factory, and Self-Service Industrial Analytics: What’s the Relationship?
The history of Industry 4.0, smart factories, and their relationship to self-service industrial analytics.
19 May 2020/by Mary Anne BallouzBlog
Production Process Optimization at Your Fingertips!
Manufacturing plants generate huge amounts of different kinds of data - more than any other industry, even more than Google and Amazon!
12 May 2020/by Mary Anne BallouzBlog
Maintain Industrial Plant and Employee Productivity While Working Remotely
Manufacturing during a pandemic: How to work remotely and maintain industrial plant and employee productivity.
29 April 2020/by Mary Anne BallouzBlog, Oil & Gas Industry (blog)
Big Data Analytics for Energy Management in the Oil & Gas Industry
Self-service industrial analytics allow subject matter experts…
2 August 2019/by Nora VillarrealBlog, Oil & Gas Industry (blog)
How Deepwater Subsea is harnessing new technology for Blowout Preventers testing
Implementing self-service analytics not only saves time but provides…
7 May 2019/by Nora VillarrealBlog
Self-Service Continuous Improvement 4.0 – Part II: Implementation on an Organizational Scale
In the first part of this series of posts, we looked at…
29 June 2018/by TrendMinerBlog
Self-Service Continuous Improvement 4.0 – How Self-Service Analytics Fuels Continuous Improvement Projects
30 May 2018/by TrendMinerBlog
Self-service industrial analytics – Five reasons to choose TrendMiner in 2022
13 December 2017/by Edwin van DijkBlog, Chemical Industry (blog)
Emerging impact of batch analytics
10 November 2017/by TrendMinerBlog
Transformation Part 3 – Keys to continued success
In the first 2 parts of this series, we looked at the route to…
5 September 2017/by TrendMinerBlog
Digital Transformation Part 2: Succeed from the start
In the first part of this series of posts, I looked at the context…
14 August 2017/by TrendMinerBlog
The route to digital transformation – Part 1
Digital transformation is everywhere. You can see it emerging…
31 July 2017/by TrendMinerBlog
Growing analytics maturity to accelerate value
You might have made your first steps into the world of data analytics…
6 July 2017/by Edwin van DijkBlog
Industrial analytics trends
Discover 3 industrial analytics trends that are driving success,…
22 May 2017/by Edwin van DijkBlog
Enabling digital transformation in the process industry
Everybody is talking about the potential benefits of big data,…
15 May 2017/by Edwin van DijkBlog
TrendMiner in practice – an engineer’s view
Overview of TrendMiner`s practical use cases, from root cause…
5 April 2017/by Jef VanlaerBlog
Empowering engineers with analytics
1 April 2017/by Thomas DhollanderBlog
Using SCADA data for IIoT just became much easier
If you thought that digital transformation meant forgetting about…
28 March 2017/by TrendMinerBlog
Industrial Analytics for an industry in change
Learn what industrial analytics are, how they contribute to revenue…
21 March 2017/by Edwin van DijkBlog
Smarter access to analytics for process engineers
How pattern recognition software leverages historian data to…
3 January 2017/by TrendMinerBlog
Self-service analytics for non-data-scientists
Why predicting and averting process and equipment problems requires…
23 November 2016/by TrendMinerBlog
Blog: Data mining and analytics for oil & gas
Explore how data analytics delivers easy, cost-effective solutions…
10 September 2016/by TrendMinerBlog
Plant connectivity: assets, systems and data
How plant connectivity drives operational intelligence and improves…
17 August 2016/by TrendMinerBlog
Google for Industry: Taming Big Data
20 January 2016/by TrendMinerBlog
Why we built TrendMiner
When we started TrendMiner, our goal was to change the way…
6 January 2016/by TrendMiner