Industrial Equipment Monitoring Made Simple

Cloud connectivity can transform your industrial equipment. Blues is the simplest, fastest, and most secure way to get there. 

Create the Next Generation of Intelligent Industrial Equipment

Unlock the potential of your industrial equipment with Blues' wireless cloud data pump —the most efficient way to connect your equipment to the cloud where you can create valuable “as a service” offerings.

    Why Develop an Industrial Equipment Monitoring (IEM) Solution?

    The Problem: Due to the lengthy useful life of industrial equipment, many original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) struggle to monetize their product offerings beyond the initial point of sale. At the same time, equipment operators lack the insight and analytics to optimally utilize their equipment and efficiently run their facilities.  

    The Solution: The solution to both challenges is embedding wireless connectivity to capture equipment data and route it to the cloud, where it can be packaged into valuable services , like predictive maintenance, remote monitoring, quality monitoring, asset tracking, and more. 

    This enables OEMs to monetize solutions and services across the entire product lifecycle while providing operators the insights they need to improve their operational efficiency. It’s a win-win for both OEMs and equipment operators. 

    Not sure where to start? Here’s some inspiration 

Discover the Advantage of Building with Blues

IEM innovation has long been held back by complex development processes and inaccessible wireless tech. Blues changes that. Our harmonized wireless cloud data pump gives OEMs and developers a clear path to building their ideal IEM product — simply, securely, scalably, and sustainably.

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    Fast-Track Your Time to Market

      Reduce your time to market from years to months. Blues’ pre-provisioned connectivity and low code technology dramatically simplify the process of developing IEM solutions.

  • Industry leading security

      Don’t put your equipment, data, and customers at risk. End-to-end security from devices authenticated through an integrated secure element to dataflows using encrypted communications and VPN tunnels.

  • Pinpoint asset tracking

      Locate all your assets in an instant. We enhance location tracking by combining data from various sources like cell towers, Wi-Fi, and GPS/GNSS to determine the "best location" of a device automatically.

  • Harmonized Wireless Architecture

      Stop reinventing the wheel by building chip-down designs. Leverage a spectrum of technologies like cellular, Wi-Fi, and LoRa — all through a single set of APIs with minimal software and hardware changes when moving between technologies.

  • Cloud-Based Firmware Updates

      Remote asset management made easy. Update an entire fleet of devices with just a few clicks. Notehub enables both cloud-based MCU host and Notecard firmware updates.

  • Effortless Data Routing to Any Cloud

      Gain unprecedented insight into your products and customers. Notehub natively supports secure routing to any cloud, including AWS, Azure, GCP, Snowflake, and more — often in a “no code” implementation.

Download Your Guide to Industrial Equipment Monitoring

Take a deep dive into how embedding cloud connectivity can transform your industrial equipment and why Blues is the simplest, fastest, and most secure way to get there.

 

Why Customers Love Us

Jamie Fox

Director, Technology and CRM

"By using the Blues platform, we saved about 12 months of R&D time, getting us to market about a year sooner."

Danny Wilson

Founder and CEO

"I like working with Blues because it solves several very important problems for me that I no longer have to worry about."

Bill Kezele

President

"Since integrating the Notecard. Our operational runtime is extremely high - you can almost say it's never down."

Rob Wurth

CEO

"You could have a whole department to keep devices running—or you can hire Blues."

David Mackenzie

VP of Product Development

"Blues aligns perfectly with our own mission to transform industries through cutting-edge technology."

Karen Norheim

President and CEO

"We now forecast a 10X factor in cost savings for our smart crane system. Blues provides lower up-front costs than a traditional system."

Use Cases

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Downtime Prevention

Increase uptime by remotely monitoring the condition of your connected products so you can act before a failure occurs. Data-driven predictive maintenance eliminates costly outages, increases customer satisfaction and boosts everyone's P&L.

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Energy Savings

Improve energy management by connecting your products to gain real-time visibility, generate predictive insights, and enable your own automated controls. Reduce energy consumption, improve equipment efficiency and lower costs, while increasing sustainability and meeting compliance needs.

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Truck Roll Reduction

Eliminate costly and unnecessary truck rolls by connecting your products to deliver real-time visibility into when maintenance or top ups are actually needed, instead of on a fixed schedule. Increase customer satisfaction with proactive, data-driven, perfectly-timed service visits. Learn more about how Blues eliminates unnecessary truck rolls.

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Safety Assurance

Connect your products to enhance safety and security through continuous monitoring, event detection, and automated alerts. Protect people, vehicles, cargo, and operations. Cost-effectively meet safety regulations and prove compliance. Learn more how Blues enhances safety and security.

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Loss Prevention

Reduce theft and eliminate spoilage by connecting your products with uninterrupted global coverage, using sensor telemetry and real-time location to protect equipment and inventory. Avoid these preventable and costly losses which disrupt operations. Learn more about how Blues helps reduce theft and reduces spoilage.

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