Public Demo, Security Best Practices, and Kanoa Learn Data & Analytics Video

Announcing the Kanoa MES Public Demo

Try out Kanoa MES for yourself! Check out our new Public Kanoa MES Demo for an interactive walkthrough of our Ignition MES solution. This read-only demo gives you and your team a preview of how Kanoa Ops and Kanoa Quality could work for you. So have fun, play around, and give us a call when you're ready for a full demo or want to check out the configuration and programming interface.

Blog of the Month: Staying Secure in a Digital Factory and how Kanoa MES can Help

Struggling to balance security and usability? Jason Coope, PMP shares how security best practices have evolved as factories become more digitally connected; and how Kanoa MES extends the Ignition security model to help you manage data security and access throughout the entire information lifecycle.

This blog includes

• Analysis on how companies like Inductive Automation and Amazon Web Services (AWS) are reacting to and adopting new security requirements
• Guidance on you can select the right technologies like Ignition and Cirrus Link Solutions' MQTT modules to build security into your architecture
• Details on how Kanoa MES extends the standard Ignition security model to accommodate the various data access and configuration rules required of a modern Smart Manufacturing platform

Read the full article here: https://kanoa.ai/kanoa-blog/staying-secure-in-a-digital-factory-and-how-kanoa-mes-can-help

Kanoa Learn Video: Data & Analytics

What's the point of collecting all this data if we aren't going to put it to good use? In our latest Kanoa Learn video, we explore the essential strategies for turning raw manufacturing data into actionable insights, ensuring your operations are not just data-rich but also insight-driven.

What You'll Learn:

• Applying the DIKW Model: Discover how the Data, Information, Knowledge, Wisdom (DIKW) model can help add context and meaning to raw data, transforming it into valuable insights.
• Contextualizing Data for Meaningful Insights: Learn to differentiate routine maintenance from actual production stoppages and more, by adding necessary context to data like fault codes.
• Strategies for Effective Data Transformation: Dive into methods for coding downtime events accurately to facilitate precise problem identification and resolution.
• Evolving Analytics in Manufacturing: Understand how modern MES systems like Kanoa provide on-demand, real-time access to metrics and deep analytical capabilities across devices.

What's Next?

We're working on some great upgrades to the Kanoa MES platform focused on streamlining the configuration process and expanding the accessibility of the platform. Stay tuned for updates on our new Asset Configuration interface, Import/Export tools, the Kanoa Quality Mobile App, and more Kanoa MES SaaS solutions!