{"id":227067,"date":"2023-04-25T10:25:01","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T14:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sightline.com\/?p=227067"},"modified":"2026-02-17T15:48:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T20:48:00","slug":"what-is-the-true-cost-of-downtime-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sightline.com\/what-is-the-true-cost-of-downtime-2\/blogs\/","title":{"rendered":"Tracking and Analyzing Machines: What Is the True Cost of Downtime?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>Tracking and Analyzing Machines: What Is the True Cost of Downtime?<\/h2><div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 2\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>In this Q&amp;A Session, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/sightlinesystems\/posts\/?feedView=all\">Sightline<\/a> CEO Brandon Witte discusses downtime, a major challenge faced by many industries, and ways that implementing a data analytics solution can mitigate overall downtime risk.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Topics in this Q&amp;A include:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why does production downtime occur?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What are the most common challenges managers face during this time?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What are the consequences?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How do you track it and the problems with manual tracking?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What are the benefits of implementing a data analytics solution, like Sightline EDM?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"column\"><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_0  et_pb_text_align_center et_pb_bg_layout_dark\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\">\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #545454;\">About Sightline<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_1  et_pb_text_align_center et_pb_bg_layout_dark\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #545454;\">Sightline Systems is a dedicated team of professionals who have come together to use our collective knowledge to create solutions for organizations who want to reap the benefits offered by Industry 4.0 and the Internet of Things (IoT). We understand the needs of the IT, manufacturing, and aquaculture industries related to predictive analytics, anomaly detection, root cause analysis, and capacity planning and understand how the right tools can take your business to the next level. At Sightline, we specialize in being able to guide you through implementation of the simple, but powerful solutions offered through\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sightline.com\/\" role=\"link\" style=\"color: #545454;\">Sightline EDM<\/a>. Our knowledgeable team can help you achieve your data management and analysis needs or help you explore the possibilities offered to your specific business.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #545454;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_3  et_pb_text_align_center et_pb_bg_layout_dark\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #545454;\">At Sightline Systems, we are passionate about helping you uncover the insights buried in your data on a timeline that means you can act to address issues and take advantage of opportunities. We know that today\u2019s world moves quickly and traditional data management and analysis relies on expensive and tedious manual tasks that take human resources away from your main business goal. With Sightline EDM, our comprehensive, top-of-the-line, AI-powered data monitoring and analytics solution, you can streamline understanding and visualizing critical information contained within the vast amounts of data available in IoT. In addition to real-time anomaly detection and swift root cause analysis, Sightline EDM puts you on the path toward accurate forecasting with predictive analytics and machine learning, which not only give you valuable time to act but simplifies capacity planning.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":227070,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4032,4149],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-227067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blogs","category-sightline-videos"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast 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