The Value of Real-Time Data

Real-Time data is a challenge to any process-oriented operation. But the functionality of the data is difficult to describe in such a way that team members not well versed in data management. Toward that end, four distinct phases of data have been identified: Real-Time: streaming data visualized and considered – system responds Forensic: captured data [...]

Real-Time Data in an Operations/Process Environment

The operations/process environment differs from the administrative and financial environments in that operations is charged with getting the job done. As such, the requirements placed on computers, information systems, instrumentation, controls, and data is different too. Data is never ‘in balance’, data always carries uncertainty, and the process cannot stop. Operations personally have learned to perform [...]