Wherever you are in your search for a Connected Worker Platform you need to know the right questions to find the right vendor for your business. It can feel a bit overwhelming to get started but we’re here to make sure you find what you’re looking for. Evaluating your vendors… Read More »Connected Worker Platform RFP Template: Asking the right questions to find the right vendor
The increasing pace of retirement in the baby boomers and earlier Generation-X workforce means that up to 50-66% of the existing employees are expected to leave the workplace by 2022. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that the retirement percentage of the baby boomers generation has doubled since 2010. … Read More »Meeting the “Great Crew Change” Challenge in the Mining Industry
As in any manufacturing company, machine maintenance is a ‘necessary’ part of improving productivity and output through enhanced uptime. However, according to the Journal of Petroleum Technology (JPT), the estimated machine downtime in the oil and gas sector ranges between 5% and 10%; thus, calling for significant improvements in the… Read More »Optimizing Maintenance Operations Using Preventive & Corrective Maintenance for Oil, Gas & Energy Companies
Despite improvements in safety standards and equipment, the fatality rate among frontline team members in the oil and gas industry remains high when compared to other industries. A Dräger survey reveals that only one-third of safety managers rated their organization’s safety measures as “strong,” while nearly 62% rate the quality… Read More »Increasing Frontline Team’s Safety and Compliance in the Oil and Gas Industry
High production or machine downtime is a growing scourge in the global oil and gas industry. An Aberdeen research found that the cost of unplanned downtimes worked out to around $260,000 every hour in 2016. When focusing on the causes of this downtime, a recent study conducted by Vanson Bourne… Read More »How to Reduce Production Downtime in the Oil and Gas Industry
In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, remote working has become the norm, increasing the demand for remote inspections and audits in the oil and gas sector. Today, the availability of digital tools and technology are making it possible to conduct “virtual” on-site inspections. In terms of business productivity, the… Read More »Conducting Remote Inspections & Audits in Oil & Gas Industry
According to Deloitte, the US oil and gas industry has a workforce of close to 1.5 million, most of whom are largely ignored by technology providers. In addition, the short cyclical nature of oil and gas exploration means that 70% of the jobs that were lost in 2020 may not… Read More »Reducing Plant Commissioning, Machine Installation Time & Errors in Oil & Gas Industry
Be it a manufacturing or mining company, unplanned production downtimes are a growing bane that is impacting overall productivity and operational efficiency. To counter this, mining companies are beginning to appreciate the benefits that digital tools and technologies can bring in reducing their production downtime. ABI Research estimates that global… Read More »Reducing Production Downtime in the Mining & Metals Industry
The global metal mining industry continues to grapple with challenges related to hostile mining facilities, growing safety concerns, and aging mining equipment. Each of these factors makes machine maintenance all the more demanding for mining operators. The U.S. mining industry alone has accounted for 22 accidents (by August this year)… Read More »Optimizing Maintenance Operations Using Preventive & Corrective Maintenance for the Mining & Metals Industry
Despite the continued improvement in occupational safety in the U.S mining industry, this sector continues to record worker fatalities. The U.S. Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA) recorded the deaths of 27 miners in 2018 from an overall workforce strength of over 330,000. Researchers at the U.S. National Institute for… Read More »Increasing Frontline Team’s Safety and Compliance in the Mining & Metals Industry
Plant or machine downtime can be devastating in any industry, however, it is critical in the Mining & Metals industry. Unplanned breakdown of mining equipment can cost mining companies up to $180,000 due to lost production. Loss in production in each incident can cost $3,000 every hour and up to… Read More »Reducing Plant Commissioning & Machine Installation Time & Errors in the Mining & Metals Industry
As an aftereffect of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the mining industry is also reimagining its mining operational model and enabling “remote working” facilities to its workers. McKinsey reports that mining companies have begun to relocate 15-20% of their onsite workforce to the remote work model. The emergence of digital inspection… Read More »Conducting Remote Inspections & Audits in Mining Industry
Eddy, the fourth Atheer release of 2021, is now available. Our Eddy Release is the next generation of our front line worker platform. It introduces UI (user experience) enhancements many new capabilities designed for your front line teams to rapidly realize increased productivity, quality, and safety across your extended enterprise.
Read More »The Atheer Eddy Release Brings Exciting New Features & UI Enhancements
Partnership combines Atheer’s AR powered Front Line Worker Platform and Dwyka’s deep expertise in helping mining companies transform their operations through the application of digital technologies
Read More »Dwyka Mining Services & Atheer Partner to Digitally Transform the Mining Industry
Doppler, the third Atheer release of 2021, is now available. Our Doppler Release is the latest update to our front line worker platform. It introduces many new capabilities designed for your front line teams to rapidly realize increased productivity, quality, and safety across your extended enterprise
Read More »The Atheer Doppler Release Unveils Significant New Capabilities
In 2019, Warranty Week reported that warranty claims expenditure for automotive manufacturers amounted to about 2.5% of their revenues. Controlling these automotive warranty costs provides auto makers a significant opportunity to increase their profitability.
The emergence of new technologies in the automotive industry has resulted in a generational change in complexity (of products and service offerings) and transformation of the underlying business and ownership models. Dealer technicians are at the sharp end of the impact of new technologies and increasing complexity and face the problem of accessing the right knowledge, information, and guidance they need.
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“The single biggest challenge to growth is to find, hire, and train and get enough technicians going.”
Read More »How Augmented Reality Scales Automotive Technical Expertise
The dealer-manufacturer relationship in the automobile industry has faced major challenges in recent years as:
Read More »Evolving the Automotive Manufacturer/Dealer Relationship
The events of 2020 accelerated digital transformation for industrial companies, particularly in bringing it to their front-line teams. The need to meet the challenges created by COVID-19 moved some organizations quickly from experimenting and dabbling in digital transformation to a full-throated and strategic commitment.
Read More »10 Hot Trends and Insights on Digital Transformation for 2021
For Atheer, 2020 was a year we’ll never forget. It was unforgettable for all the obvious reasons – the impact of COVID-19 and the social, economic and work challenges that it created broadly for all industries – but also for the opportunity it provided us to work very closely with customers on dealing with the real, nitty-gritty front-line issues that arose for them in this tough year.
Much will be written about the fast-changing times in which we currently live. Some of the focus will undoubtedly be on the innovation and ingenuity that many organizations showed in tackling the new – and sometimes magnified – business challenges they faced.
Atheer adds a number of important new capabilities and enhancements in the second update to our recent Aurora platform Release. Here’s how they will benefit Atheer customers across each of the major product capability pillars.
Read More »Update 2 for the Atheer Aurora Release: Do More with Less Bandwidth
There’s no doubt we’re in a time of significant new challenges and changes. The challenges include finding dynamic ways to handle fast changing demand, developing new strategies for social and work distancing, better supporting remote work and collaboration, as well as optimizing work processes to ensure business continuity.
This month, we kicked off our new monthly Webinar series – featuring insightful guests talking about issues that we know matter to you. Our first guest was IDC’s Tom Mainelli. Tom is one of those smart, articulate people that does a great job of putting technology, business and the real human side of work into perspective.
And you can now watch that first Webinar episode On-Demand. Click the button below to register and start watching.
The world of manufacturing is changing fast. In fact, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating a change that was already well underway as manufacturers moved to an “Industry 4.0” model that embraced a pervasive digital approach.
If you think about mission-critical work, there are few examples more worthy of this description than aircraft maintenance and repair.
The work required to keep planes flying to schedule, while ensuring the safety of airline pilots and crew, passengers and cargo, creates one the most demanding operating environments imaginable.
Read More »Atheer & IAG show how AR can transform aircraft maintenance & repair
It is a great feeling to know when you’re able to meet an urgent need for customers. For the last several months, we have been working with customers across a range of industries to help them meet the many business challenges resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read More »Porsche Technicians Report 3X use of Atheer Platform to Fix Cars
It’s impossible to understate the level of challenge faced by the aviation industry as it grapples with the implications of the on-going COVID-19 pandemic.
Read More »Aviation Sector Demand for Remote Support Rises in Reaction to COVID-19
Our latest release of the Atheer platform is designed to bring even more power to mobile users – now and in the future. Here is some of what you’ll find in our most recent release.
Read More »New Release Offers Enhanced Group Calling, 5G Support
Volkswagen Group UK uses an Atheer-powered service and support solution to support its Retailer network across the United Kingdom.
The RELS (Remote Expert Live Support) system uses Atheer’s Front Line Worker platform and RealWear’s HMT-1 head mounted device to connect Retailer technicians to Volkswagen Group UK Technical Support experts based in Milton Keynes.
Read More »Volkswagen Group UK Deploys Atheer in its Retailer Network
The global mining industry is changing – and that change is happening quickly. One of the world’s leading mining companies, London-based Anglo American, has been a strong driver of this change with its innovative global Sustainable Mining Plan.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) does a vital job in helping the air travel and air cargo industries meet the challenges of growing passenger and cargo demand, climate change and an evolving global economy that increasingly relies on goods being shipped quickly around the world by air.
Read More »IATA Demonstrates Dramatic Impact of AR on Cargo Operations
