Production line
Brad Parsons

The Business Case for Industrial IoT

For over five decades, industrial sensors and actuators have been instrumental in the evolution and automation of processes within heavy industries. Systems like SCADA, PLCs and RTUs have been in use since the 1960s. Distributed controls systems were introduced in the 1970s to provide distributed control of production plants. These systems generated massive amounts of […]

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FitMachine monitoring a fertiliser extraction fan
Mark Parker

Continuous Condition Monitoring Case Study – Fertiliser Manufacturing

One of the key benefits of continuous condition monitoring is that it acts as an early warning system – giving maintenance teams advance notice of subtle changes that, if left unattended could degrade into more permanent damage or a failure. In late June, one of our chemical and fertiliser manufacturing customers provided feedback to us […]

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Brad Parsons

Australian Manufacturing: Time to Invest is Now

Scenario According to the Australian Industry Group (Ai Group), our national Manufacturing industry has been expanding consistently with 25 months of uninterrupted growth (1), the longest run since 2005. On the other hand, it is no secret the sector is under pressure to transform. Traditional production methods and business models are being disrupted as digital […]

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Mark Parker

MOVUS Shines at Telstra Vantage

MOVUS was recently invited by Telstra Ventures (one of our investors) to be part of their showcase stand at Telstra Vantage late last month. Vantage is Australia’s largest invitation-only technology event and brings together passionate individuals and organisations so as to collaborate on the future and immerse themselves in innovative technology solutions. For MOVUS, this […]

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Brad Parsons

FitMachine Product Update, October 2018

Technology continues to be a key component of MOVUS’ market leadership and our investment remains strong. The latest release of our FitMachine technology stack has several exciting new developments, with more on the way. In brief, Customer self-install now makes installation and onboarding of MOVUS FitMachines safe and easy The latest release of our API […]

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Mark Parker

Two New Predictive Maintenance Projects Kick Off in Food Manufacturing

The MOVUS Customer Success team were very busy crisscrossing rural Victoria last week as two new Predictive Maintenance projects kicked off. The first FitMachine Pilot Project in Western Victoria was up and running in less than half a day with one of Australia’s major dairy brands. The second project in Eastern Victoria has FitMachine deployed […]

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Mark Parker

MOVUS Exhibiting at Asset Management Reimagined

The MOVUS team will be exhibiting our FitMachine solution at Asset Management Reimagined in Melbourne on 6 & 7 August at the Pullman Hotel Albert Park. Simple But Powerful Predictive Maintenance Capability Predictive maintenance and its potential impact on industrial assets is a hot topic at the moment. Asset owners want – visibility on utilisation, […]

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Mark Parker

MOVUS Signs Collaboration Agreement with ALS

The MOVUS partner community continues to grow with our most significant agreement completed last month – a broad ranging collaboration agreement with ALS. Based in Brisbane, ALS is the leading provider of Asset Reliability and Integrity Services in Australia. It has maintained its position in this space by continuously seeking the most effective condition monitoring […]

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Mark Parker

Queensland Innovation Minister Kate Jones Visits MOVUS

Earlier today the MOVUS team had the pleasure of welcoming Queensland’s Minister for Innovation Kate Jones to the MOVUS office. After the official opening duties Minister Jones spoke about how proud the Government is in MOVUS – a start up success story that is also focused on remaining Queensland based for both the MOVUS team […]

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Mark Parker

Reactive Maintenance vs Predictive Maintenance

There’s a lot of really good content being published across the web and particularly on LinkedIn in relation to predictive maintenance and the benefits it delivers over traditional maintenance practices. Many of the conversations that I have with MOVUS prospects ends up focused around what hidden costs and issues they can overcome by starting the […]

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