Start an Industrial IoT pilot with an operational question

When production teams wait for manually collected reports, an Industrial IoT pilot should begin with a question: which machine stopped, when, and who needs to investigate? Sensors and dashboards should follow that scope.

Define the minimum data

Choose one machine or process. Record available signals, units, timestamps, sampling needs and ownership. Check that collection does not interfere with machine control. Make missing or stale readings visible instead of presenting them as current.

Validate with the frontline team

Compare recorded events with shift records. Agree acceptable differences and data availability. Capture stop reasons through a workflow operators can use. A signal alone does not establish the cause.

Decide whether to expand

Hand over the data map, recovery steps, accountable owner and acceptance criteria. Measure completeness and time to find information before claiming better output or OEE.

KAOTOR service approach (https://www.kaotor.com/en/solutions/iiot)

Further reading: NIST SP 800-82 Rev. 3 (https://csrc.nist.gov/pubs/sp/800/82/r3/final)

Discuss your problem and pilot scope with our team (https://www.kaotor.com/en/contact)