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Process historian

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A plant system (operational historian) that stores time-stamped process records from production equipment and is often an existing source for machine data.

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Episodes about Process historian

What Is a PPR Knowledge Graph — and Why Manufacturing AI…

2026-10-21

Factory AI can read ERP, MES and historian data but still does not know how a product, process and resource came together at one moment. This episode shows manufacturing data architects and plant engineers how a product-process-resource knowledge graph adds…

Connect ERP, MES, and IoT — Without Replacing Anything

2026-10-22

When a bottleneck machine stops, ERP, MES and IoT data can all be correct and still not tell the factory what to do next. This episode is for manufacturing IT, OT and data architects who need to connect existing systems without a replacement program. You will…

Why AI Can't Optimize a Factory It Doesn't Understand

2026-10-09

A machine stops and ERP, MES, maintenance and the PLC each know part of the story, so AI cannot safely optimize the response. This episode shows manufacturing and data leaders how semantic layers, knowledge graphs, digital twins and clear constraints give AI…

Digital Twins on Azure

2026-10-18

Many digital twin projects start with a 3D factory scene or every PLC tag and end up with a graph nobody can use. This episode is for manufacturing IT and OT architects building on Azure and explains what deserves a twin, how to model identity, state, events…

2026-10-09 – Why AI Can't Optimize a Factory It Doesn't Understand2026-10-18 – Digital Twins on Azure2026-10-21 – What Is a PPR Knowledge Graph — and Why Manufacturing AI…2026-10-22 – Connect ERP, MES, and IoT — Without Replacing Anything2026-102026-10
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