OpenText Analytics Enables Data-Driven Maintenance for Leading
Braking Systems Manufacturer with Powerful and User-Friendly
Analytics
WATERLOO, Ontario, March
22, 2017 /CNW/ -- OpenText™
(NASDAQ: OTEX, TSX: OTEX), a global leader in Enterprise
Information Management (EIM), today announced that Knorr-Bremse
Group, the world's leading manufacturer of braking systems for rail
and commercial vehicles, has deployed OpenText Analytics to enable
intelligent fleet management and condition-based maintenance. With
OpenText Analytics, Knorr-Bremse's customers can make predictive,
data-driven decisions resulting in more efficient and
cost-effective repairs.
Munich-based Knorr-Bremse has
pioneered the development, production, marketing and servicing of
state-of-the-art braking systems since 1905. Knorr-Bremse's iCOM
(intelligent Condition Oriented Maintenance) platform brings
digitization to the rail business, connecting wireless-enabled
sensors aboard trains to a back-office cloud-based network, using
an Internet of Things model. This platform transmits detailed data
that can help predict repair and replacement needs. The iCOM
platform required a powerful and user-friendly analytics component
to enable the analysis of the data received to help users make
data-driven decisions.
"Our customers wanted the ability to perform greater analysis of
their data," said Martin Steffens,
project manager and software architect at Knorr-Bremse. "With data
being continually collected, the volumes across a fleet are
significant. Customers wanted the ability to visualize the data
through interactive graphical dashboards, reducing the reliance on
IT to create new reports. OpenText Analytics provided the perfect
fit to embed into iCOM."
Knorr-Bremse selected OpenText Analytics for its superior
built-in graphical design studio, dashboard capabilities, speed of
development, and usability. The modular architecture allowed for
seamless embedding within the iCOM platform, saving valuable
development time and providing quicker time-to-value for
Knorr-Bremse.
The OpenText Analytics platform offers a customer-centric
overview that supports all iCOM's central maintenance processes,
and is flexible enough for both on-premises and cloud deployments.
On-board sensors report data on factors such as steering systems,
energy consumption and air supplies, and deliver information to
users on areas such as maintenance cycles, materials requirements
and running costs. Users can access optimized standard reports or
run ad hoc queries to best suit their needs in a self-service
environment.
"Our customers can now analyze their data to understand why,
when and even where something happens," said Dirk Seckler, global head of sales at
Knorr-Bremse. "For example, using OpenText Analytics, we can
provide heat-maps of condition-based events, such as overheating
brakes on a specific incline. This helps our customers put measures
in place to reduce component failures, extending component life,
and ultimately saving money."
OpenText Analytics makes data-driven applications simple,
providing enterprise applications that are personalized to meet the
data needs of any industry, on any platform, for any device. To
learn more about OpenText Analytics, visit
http://www.ot.co.uk/what-we-do/products/analytics.
About OpenText
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About Knorr-Bremse
Knorr-Bremse is the leading
manufacturer of braking systems and supplier of additional
sub-systems for rail and commercial vehicles, with sales totaling
approximately EUR 5.5 billion in
2016. Some 25,000 employees develop, manufacture, and service
braking, entrance, control, and energy supply systems, HVAC and
driver assistance systems as well as powertrain-related solutions.
Ever since 1905 the company has been pioneering new technologies
that make a crucial contribution to improving road and rail safety.
Every day, more than one billion people around the world put their
trust in systems made by Knorr-Bremse.
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