Transforming Industry, One Smart Solution at a Time.
SMS’s 6IX Services and Solutions are designed to meet your organization’s Industry 4.0 and Digital Transformation initiatives. We evaluate your business from the bottom up to deliver comprehensive solutions to your biggest business challenges leveraging Asset Performance Management (APM), Operations, Reliability, and Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) principles.
6IX Features - What is Included.
1. Sensors
Sensors provide real-time monitoring and measurement of physical conditions, allowing organizations to detect and respond to potential problems.
2. Gateways
Gateways are used to securely collect data from sensors and transmit it to the cloud. The gateways we leverage have several built in sensors, an HMI, and Machine Learning built-in allowing it to leap frog the competition in terms of the next generation of Edge Computing.
Condition monitoring provides the ability to detect and monitor changes in physical conditions, allowing organizations to respond quickly to changes.
4. Alerts
Alerts provide real-time notifications to alert stakeholders of potential problems.
5. Analytics
Advanced analytics provide the ability to gain insights from data and make better decisions.
6. Cloud
Cloud technology is used to store, process, and analyze data, enabling organizations to access their data anytime, anywhere.
6IX + EAM
The optional 6IX+ offering integrates with Enterprise Asset Management systems like Maximo, InforEAM, or SAP PM to allow for automated work order or work order notifications.
Jump start your Industrial Transformation Journey with pre-built solutions that are designed to evolve with your business.
SMS’s 6IX Solution (Smart Industrial Transformation) contains 6 core components including, Sensors, Gateways, Monitoring, Alerts, Analytics, and Cloud. The combination of hardware, software, and service components have been tested and validated to meet almost all of our client’s needs. 6IX is delivered as industry or equipment solutions, such as 6IX for Fast Rotating Equipment, Machine Tool Operations, Buildings, and Agriculture. These pre-built 6IX solutions allow us to onboard clients quickly and efficiently, delivering a true time-to-value solution.
Agriculture Monitoring
SMS’s 6IX for Agriculture Monitoring (AgM) is an advanced solution for monitoring Crop Production, Livestock Farming, Storage Facilities, Greenhouse Operations, Aquaculture, Field and Soil Management, and Machinery. AgM leverages Splunk Edge Hub to monitor environmental conditions, data collection from wireless sensors, and as a gateway to the cloud. The importance of maintaining infrastructure for agriculture companies can be substantial in dollar terms, though the exact costs can vary based on the type of agriculture, the scale of operations, and the specific infrastructure involved.
Building Management Systems
SMS’s 6IX for Building Management Systems (BMS) is an advanced monitoring solution for Building and Facility infrastructure as well as the internal environmental conditions. BMS uses Splunk Edge Hub to monitor HVAC and Air Handling Units health to ensure optimal environment conditions. 6IX for BMS also provides internal environmental info such as temperature and humidity.
Convenience Store Monitoring
SMS's 6IX for Convenience Store Monitoring (CSM) offers an advanced solution to oversee C-Stores efficiently. As store infrastructure grows in complexity with crucial assets like refrigerators and coffee machines, maintaining customer comfort and service is essential. Mission-critical services like car washes and gas pumps are supported. 6IX for CSM delivers valuable operational and equipment insights.
Environmental Monitoring
SMS’s 6IX for Environmental Monitoring (EVM) is an advanced monitoring solution for indoor facilities, buildings, and data centers. MVE uses Splunk Edge Hub to monitor ambient temperature, lighting, gas, and much more to provide environment insights into your facility ensuring health and safety and providing an additional layer of detection for data center operaions.
Fast Rotating Equipment
SMS’s 6IX for Fast Rotating Equipment (FRE) is an advanced vibration monitoring solution for industrial motors. FRE uses Splunk Edge Hub to monitor inbound and outbound motor bearing health ensuring accurate and predictive notifications of impending functional failures.
Machine Tool Operations
SMS’s 6IX for Machine Tool Operations (MTO) is an advanced solution for monitoring machine tools, like Lathes, Milling Machines and many more. MTO uses Splunk Edge Hub to monitor production rates, factory performance, as well as equipment health to provide production visibility, improve manufacturing processes, and reduce unplanned downtime.
Smart Tools for Connecting Software and Hardware
The SMS 6IX Solution (Smart Industrial Transformation) offers a variety of tools, including those developed by us and our partners, to create a seamless plug-and-play experience making it simpler to implement and deploy Industry 4.0 and IIoT initiatives.
SMS Splunk App's for Enterprise Asset Management
About SMS Splunk App's for EAM
The SMS Splunk App's for Enterprise Asset Management applications allows for the bi-directional communications between Splunk and the top EAM solutions. The SMS Apps allow Splunk to ingest and perform analytics on EAM data and trigger the automatic creation of Work Orders or WO notifications based on condition monitoring and predictive analytics of industrial equipment.
Splunk Edge Hub - The next generation of Edge Computing
About Splunk's Edge Hub
The Splunk Edge Hub simplifies the process of capturing and utilizing previously hard-to-access data. By integrating with Splunk's robust platform, it enables customers to quickly act on insights, gain complete visibility, and extend the use of data from physical environments on a large scale. Splunk’s advanced analytics capabilities facilitate the correlation, investigation, and automation of complex data analyses across your organization. This includes data from IoT devices, metrics, or machine data, allowing you to monitor key performance indicators and performance in real time to minimize outages and downtime.
