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Boroson Cat is a Turkey-based subsidiary of Caterpillar.
“Boroson Cat, which is a subsidiary of Caterpillar, the sort of large vehicle manufacturer. Boroson Cat is is in Turkey”
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Boroson Cat
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Boroson Cat embedded sensors in its machines to collect data on parts over time in order to predict failures.
“They very smartly embedded sensors in all of the machines so that they could collect data on, you know, various features of the parts as they were used over time.”
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De Freitas says Boroson Cat's system predicted machine failures with roughly 97% accuracy.
“I think they were able to predict with something like 97% accuracy whether the machine was about to have a failure.”
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Boroson Cat folded its failure-prediction capability into its maintenance contract rather than selling it as a standalone service.
“What the company eventually did was it just folded this ability into the maintenance contract.”
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By predicting failures early, Boroson Cat could salvage and refurbish parts and sell them, creating additional revenue.
“they were able to salvage many of the parts and refurbish them and sell them to create additional, uh, revenue streams.”
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