NWA Focus EMI ® EMI CASE STUDY Turning Oceans of Data into Real-time, Actionable Manufacturing Intelligence Data islands, or data silos, are common in many industries, but perhaps more so in manufacturing. The complexity of products and production lines requires multiple types of processes and equipment, each often with their own database and data storage system. While data can be extracted, it does not become information until it can be analyzed. And without an aggregated system to analyze and deliver relevant information, the value of the data is lost to the organization. "Manufacturers are drowning in data, but starving for information." Lloyd Colegrove, Director Data Services, Dow Chemical Making data work for Dow Dow Chemical, headquartered in Midland, Michigan, is one of

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