EMnify Case Studies Industrial IoT – Collecting Data from Manufacturing Lines Within Minutes

	Industrial IoT – Collecting Data from Manufacturing Lines Within Minutes EMnify

Industrial IoT – Collecting Data from Manufacturing Lines Within Minutes

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Technology Category	Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Connectivity Platforms
Applicable Functions	Discrete Manufacturing
Use Cases	Factory Operations Visibility & Intelligence Predictive Maintenance
Services	Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
Challenge	Blackbird, a company that provides solutions for manufacturers to digitalize their production lines, was facing challenges with their existing telecom provider. They were in need of a better connectivity provider that specializes in M2M communication, facilitates reliable and secure data collection, provides real-time data about device location and connectivity, is available globally, provides flexible IoT data plans, and offers mobile connectivity. The company was also looking for a technology that can be easily integrated into existing production lines and is reliable enough to allow customers to monitor critical business processes uninterrupted. Read More
About Customer	Blackbird is a company based in Denmark with a workforce of 11-50 employees. They provide solutions that allow manufacturers to digitalize their production lines, helping them become more efficient and competitive. Blackbird developed Factbird, an innovative IoT device that can be easily integrated into existing production lines. Factbird devices measure various sorts of data like the number of units used in a certain timeframe or the temperature of materials. This data enables real-time line efficiency analysis that helps to optimize production processes. Blackbird has deployed thousands of devices in production lines with customers in 16 countries and 4 continents. Read More
Solution	Blackbird partnered with EMnify, a global carrier that focuses on and understands the challenges of IoT Enterprises. EMnify offers real-time data in the Connectivity Management platform and its Rest-API is integrated into Blackbird's application, allowing Blackbird customers to see and blacklist networks. EMnify perfectly integrates Blackbird’s cloud infrastructure into their AWS environment and its dynamic Regional Internet Breakout (RIB) infrastructure enables data transfers while significantly reducing the ping time. EMnify also provides flexible traffic pooling capabilities which is cost effective. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Connectivity Platforms

Applicable Functions

Discrete Manufacturing

Use Cases

Factory Operations Visibility & Intelligence

Predictive Maintenance

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

Challenge

Blackbird, a company that provides solutions for manufacturers to digitalize their production lines, was facing challenges with their existing telecom provider. They were in need of a better connectivity provider that specializes in M2M communication, facilitates reliable and secure data collection, provides real-time data about device location and connectivity, is available globally, provides flexible IoT data plans, and offers mobile connectivity. The company was also looking for a technology that can be easily integrated into existing production lines and is reliable enough to allow customers to monitor critical business processes uninterrupted.

About Customer

Blackbird is a company based in Denmark with a workforce of 11-50 employees. They provide solutions that allow manufacturers to digitalize their production lines, helping them become more efficient and competitive. Blackbird developed Factbird, an innovative IoT device that can be easily integrated into existing production lines. Factbird devices measure various sorts of data like the number of units used in a certain timeframe or the temperature of materials. This data enables real-time line efficiency analysis that helps to optimize production processes. Blackbird has deployed thousands of devices in production lines with customers in 16 countries and 4 continents.

Solution

Blackbird partnered with EMnify, a global carrier that focuses on and understands the challenges of IoT Enterprises. EMnify offers real-time data in the Connectivity Management platform and its Rest-API is integrated into Blackbird's application, allowing Blackbird customers to see and blacklist networks. EMnify perfectly integrates Blackbird’s cloud infrastructure into their AWS environment and its dynamic Regional Internet Breakout (RIB) infrastructure enables data transfers while significantly reducing the ping time. EMnify also provides flexible traffic pooling capabilities which is cost effective.

Impact #1	Blackbird has gained a competitive edge by integrating EMnify’s Rest-API into their application, providing their customers with the possibility to manage which network their devices are attaching to.
Impact #2	EMnify-powered devices draw from an elastic network, finding the best connection for a device based on customer-defined pricing and service quality preferences.
Impact #3	Blackbird has significantly reduced their geographical limitations, allowing them to spend more time optimizing their products and services and less time worrying about connectivity.

Impact #1

Blackbird has gained a competitive edge by integrating EMnify’s Rest-API into their application, providing their customers with the possibility to manage which network their devices are attaching to.

Impact #2

EMnify-powered devices draw from an elastic network, finding the best connection for a device based on customer-defined pricing and service quality preferences.

Impact #3

Blackbird has significantly reduced their geographical limitations, allowing them to spend more time optimizing their products and services and less time worrying about connectivity.

Benefit #1	Blackbird has significantly reduced their connectivity costs due to flexible IoT tariffs EMnify offers.
Benefit #2	By using cellular connectivity, Blackbird has improved trial-to-customer conversion rates, therefore increased Blackbird’s sales.

Benefit #1

Blackbird has significantly reduced their connectivity costs due to flexible IoT tariffs EMnify offers.

Benefit #2

By using cellular connectivity, Blackbird has improved trial-to-customer conversion rates, therefore increased Blackbird’s sales.

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Industrial IoT – Collecting Data from Manufacturing Lines Within Minutes

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