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In the Field with Cumulus: Marc Marino, Software Engineer
From left to right: Matthew Kleiman, Chiz Chikwendu, & Marc MarinoWe recently sat down with Marc Marino, a Software Engineer at Cumulus, to hear about his recent trip to the Pennsylvania Petrochemicals Complex (PennChem). PennChem is an ethylene cracker plant...
Integrate Your Digital Twin with STS
Smart Torque System™ (STS) has multiple API’s that make it easy for customers to put and get data. The REST API can be used to automate business processes and integrate data seamlessly. This feature has several advantages: Eliminate manual data entry and reduce...
How to Avoid All Torque and No Action
BOSTON, MA - January 15, 2021 - Matt Kleiman, Chief Executive Officer of Cumulus, and Brian Panoff, Senior Venture Principal at Shell Ventures, discuss the dual role that Shell Ventures played– first as an advisor and then as an investor – in bringing the Smart Torque...
Making Digital Transformation Stick: 4 Strategies to Consider
In our last blog, we discussed the role digital technologies have played over time within the energy industry, and why they have not yet achieved full acceptance and utilization. The Covid-19 pandemic has pushed industries to accelerate digital transformation faster...
Making Digital Transformation Stick
It is said that necessity is the mother of innovation. The Covid-19 pandemic is creating a necessity for digital transformation across the economy. Entire industries are adopting digital solutions at a rate that was unimaginable just months ago. Microsoft CEO Satya...
Using Digital Technologies to Continue Mission-Critical Work in A Socially Distanced World
Telehealth services are surging as the healthcare system adapts to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). As recently explained by a data expert for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to the Wall Street Journal, “I think it’s fair to say that the advent of...
Voices from the Field: Data-Driven Decision Making and The Danger Of Not Knowing Your Data
By Justin Wolf, Senior Product Deployment Manager As today’s world rapidly evolves, consumers and businesses depend more than ever on collecting, storing, and managing data. This presents the unique challenge of ensuring that correct and accurate data is being...
The Cumulus Culture
Oftentimes, the test of character is most evident in times of adversity. Over the past few weeks, and in the coming months, with the enormous challenges we are currently facing, our character will continuously be tested. During these times it’s important to reflect on...
Implementing Digital Doesn’t Have to be Difficult
Change is inevitable... The world changes faster today than at any moment in history. Five years ago, introducing new technologies to industrial front-line workers around the world, was a challenge. Today almost every worker owns a smart phone. They know how to swipe...
Checking the Digital Box: Implementing a Digital Solution to Reduce Hidden Project Costs
In industrial maintenance and construction, managing and documenting manual work processes has remained mostly unchanged. Processes are, for the most part, still paper-based, siloed, and lack accountability and transparency at the work face, making them inefficient...
Targeted Troubleshooting Eliminates Unnecessary Rework
Most construction project managers would agree that they lose too much money and allocate too many resources to rework. A recent study found that about 30% of the work performed by construction companies is actually rework. From a cost perspective, rework can often be...
Preventing Leaks and Reducing Unplanned Downtime
Minimizing unplanned downtime is one of the most important jobs of an oil and gas facility’s maintenance team. A 2016 study by Aberdeen Group found that unplanned downtime costs on average more than $260,000 per hour and more than $20 Billion per year in lost...