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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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Product update: new features and an API for Factry Historian
What is next in the development of our open source data historian? Discover the features that are currently in the pipeline.
How our data historian will drastically increase employee engagement in Industry 4.0
Read how data historians can increase employee happiness and engagement in any Industry 4.0 manufacturing or production facility.
How data historians help reduce energy use in Industry 4.0
In this new blog series, we explore the unexpected benefits of the data historian. First in line: using the historian for monitoring and lowering energy use.
Five steps you must take before implementing the DevOps lifecycle
Five essential steps you must take before implementing the DevOps lifecycle — according to Factry's DevOps engineer Pieterjan.
How DevOps culture made happy campers of both our employees and clients
What is DevOps culture? And why has our development team adopted this approach? Read how we leverage DevOps for delivering better software at a speedy pace.
UX/UI and why it matters for Industry 4.0 software
Why UX/UI is crucial in today’s industrial environment, and how we apply its core principles to Factry’s software development process.
Process data integration: open source or proprietary software?
Why yeast supplier Algist Bruggeman replaced its proprietary software with our open source data integration platform. Read the client interview.