3 Reasons Why Water Utilities Choose Flow
Lenny Smit 00:00
Hi, everybody, Lenny here.
Clarise Rautenbach 00:01
Hi, and I'm Clarise, and welcome to the Flow takeaway video series.
Lenny Smit 00:05
In this video series, we are going to give you guys some helpful tips and tricks on what we find in the industry when we deploy a Flow Information Platform. Now to be honest, data is almost becoming like a little bit of a commodity. But we are still seeing that it is a very untapped potential that's sitting in most of the plants in these days. And when people come to us looking for solutions, most of the challenges that they do face is data driven challenges.
Clarise Rautenbach 00:33
Yes, so let's look at the water industry. Hundreds of process indicators are being tracked in the water industry. And I guess that's not the issue today. After all, we live in an information age.
Lenny Smit 00:42
Correct. Sensors are getting cheaper. The advent of IoT, and more devices are getting put down on the facilities. I don't think that's the issue. Especially in the water industry, we do sit with, unfortunately ailing infrastructure. We do sit with solutions that's built on proprietary software protocols, and a lot of disparate systems. So, we need to be able to connect to all those disparate systems to get true meaningful data information from that data.
Clarise Rautenbach 01:10
And luckily, there are modern solutions like Flow. So, let's look at the three ways that Flow can help you. Number one, Flow can connect to multiple data sources.
Lenny Smit 01:19
Correct. Now think about this guys, you've got chemical analysis information and lab samples sitting potentially in your lab system. You've got the total water that you are treating in your process historian. There might be some manual data that your operator still need to capture from the plant floor. Now Flow can connect to all of these. Even give you the capability to manually enter data. And then you can create one single repository of all this data to turn that into information. Big buzzword going around of creating a data ops foundation for your facility. And Flow can help you to create that foundation to create a data optimal.
Clarise Rautenbach 01:53
Number two, Flow can transform time series data as well.
Lenny Smit 01:56
Correct. One of the principles that Flow was built on is that we understand time series data extremely well, especially time series data that's been generated on manufacturing environments. So, Flow can take that time series data, and convert it into an actionable KPI. Think about this, you need to create a chemical dosage and compliance report. Flow can take that raw data and actually turn it into something that someone can sign off from a compliance perspective.
Clarise Rautenbach 02:21
And last but not least, Flow is a self-service solution.
Lenny Smit 02:24
Correct. Your utilities engineers will have the capability to create their own dashboards and KPIs. And they need to be able to pivot very quickly on an ever-changing world on what they need to manage. So, think about this. Today, I need to look at a KPI for my chemical analysis. Tomorrow, I need to look at a KPI for turbidity as an example. So, we give you the tool and the capability to very quickly create your own KPIs and dashboards with almost no coding whatsoever required.
Clarise Rautenbach 02:51
And that's it. That's our free takeaways for this week's video series. We hope you enjoyed it. And if you want to know more about Flow, you can check out our water demo on the website or contact us for a live demo. Thank you for watching.
Lenny Smit 03:07
Thanks, everybody. Cheers.
