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94 insights related to technology trends being applied across the industry ,” she says .
Shell and IBM ’ s vision for Oren is to constantly curate new solutions from third party companies as well as to develop an ecosystem amongst buyers and sellers to co-create intelligent tools and integrated workflows for the mining lifecycle through interaction and engagement with customers . “ The issue with IoT technology is that currently it is very siloed ,” warns Chen . “ Only when integration happens and solutions are smartly connected in a coherent workflow can they really bring insights and add value to areas of operations , and increase productivity , safety and sustainability . With business processes that are better informed by data and AI , people can make better decisions and change the way they work .” Chen is excited by the possibilities : “ Imagine if you could link a predictive maintenance tool , such as Shell ’ s RemoteSense , together with a fleet efficiency solution , like Shell spin-off MachineMax , and a parts stock management program like IBM ’ s MRO . Suddenly you have three solutions developed
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