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Ectobox celebrates 20 years!
The Past 2018 marks 20 years of Ectobox developing solutions outside the box. Ectobox began as a software consulting firm driven by a simple idea: we don't like to see companies suffer needlessly doing work manually that can hold a business back when there are...
One-Two Punch: Use IIoT and the P-F Curve to Save Money and Asset Utilization
Summary IIoT can improve a manufacturing company's asset utilization ratios and the production line's up-time to produce significant savings in maintenance costs. This is illustrated through the P-F curve method of condition-based maintenance. Causes of Failure Vary...
IIoT Delivers More Money with Better Asset Utilization Ratios
Manufacturers can improve their operations and thereby generate better revenue and profit with IIoT. They can do this by unlocking data from their equipment, calculating the OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) for the equipment, and using the resulting data to find...
Ectobox Launches Internet of Things (IoT) Service
IoT Business Transformation Plan Launched Targets Growth-Minded Manufacturers Ectobox, Inc., a custom software development firm specializing in the manufacturing industry, announced the launch of its Internet of Things (IoT) Business Transformation Plan for...
Four Ways to Create Value with IoT
We discussed in our previous post where the value of IoT comes from. Let's now break the value creation down into 4 categories: IoT can help a company • Operate products better• Maintain products better• Make products better• Make new products better We will address...
What is IoT?
What is IoT? IoT or Internet of Things means different things to different groups. For business owners, C-suite, and shareholders it means potential big changes to business models to drive more revenue with better margins, increase recurring revenue, reduce direct and...
How to Rescue a Custom Software Project
How to Rescue a Custom Software Project We've established in another article that a failed software project has to be thoroughly assessed to determine if it can be rescued.If you've had an assessment done, and if the final report said it can be done and it's...
How to Get QuickBooks Data in Microsoft Access
How to Get QuickBooks Data in Microsoft Access Wouldn't it be cool to have your great Microsoft Access database application have some reports displaying data from your QuickBooks file? It is possible without much work and, in some cases, even less money. I'll briefly...
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