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How data democracy changes everything in your plant, from productivity to engagement
Data democracy in manufacturing: faster decisions, higher engagement - How open access to real-time plant data boosts productivity, cuts waste and lifts engagement, and how a modern and open historian scales those gains across sites.
Jeroen Coussement
Jun 10, 2025
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How data democracy changes everything in your plant, from productivity to engagement
Data democracy in manufacturing: faster decisions, higher engagement - How open access to real-time plant data boosts productivity, cuts waste and lifts engagement, and how a modern and open historian scales those gains across sites.
Jeroen Coussement
If your data can’t move, your factory won’t either - The state of Historians in 2025
Data historians in 2025: the foundation for scalable, AI-ready manufacturing - Open, structured data is the real AI enabler. Discover how next-gen historians make data explorable, reusable and ready to scale across your factory.
Jeroen Coussement
Report or suffer the consequences: How transparency in the process industry is opening the door to efficiency gains
Discover Jeroen Coussement's predictions for the 2025 process industry
Jeroen Coussement
Factry Historian v7.2: from time to distance, enhanced data egress and new event detection
Factry Historian v7.2: New usability features for better workflows – Factry - Discover Factry Historian v7.2, time to distance conversion, flexible MQTT egress, and smarter Parquet storage. Explore the latest improvements.
Frederik Van Leeckwyck
Behind the Scenes of Santa’s Workshop: How MES software Keeps Christmas on Track
Today we’ll take a sleigh ride behind the scenes of Santa Inc. to uncover how a robust MES (Manufacturing Execution System) is the beating heart of the operation and ensures that every present is delivered on time—and in perfect condition.
Sacha Barbieaux
Traceability - How FactryOS handles labeling products using BarTender
Discover FactryOS' label printing integration with BarTender - Design, edit and print all the labels you need and add them to your MES
Claas Steigüber
Pitfalls in your OEE journey, a summary
Factry's Data Engineering team shows you how to avoid the most common pitfalls along your OEE journey
Jeroen Lavens
OPC-UA and time synchronization: Common errors and how to fix them
Factry's Data Engineering team is always busy helping clients fix errors in their setup, in this blogpost they've listed some of the most common OPC-UA and Time Synchronization errors, and show you how to fix them.
Sibe Bleuzé
The hidden costs of data fragmentation: how data silos are nibbling at your bottom line (and what you can do about it)
The hidden costs of data fragmentation, and what to do about them – Factry - Learn how data silos are eating away at your bottom line and how Factry Historian can eliminate inefficiencies, improve collaboration, and reduce costs
Frederik Van Leeckwyck