WHAT THE TECH

As new-age industrial machines come fitted with integrated controls, sensors, and easy to use interfaces, they make the legacy equipment in plants look antique.  Which brings us to the question – is it time for industrial plants to do a complete upgrade of their legacy products? What are the major issues with legacy machines, that are hampering productivity and hindering plants from meeting their Industry 4.0 goals? To get some deeper insight into this, we have with us Snehal Oza who heads our machinery engineering business at LTTS. Listen on.

As companies go about building new applications & features for their customers, the one thing that they cannot compromise on is testing. Testing is complex, it’s massive, and in this new normal, it’s made things even more complicated for engineers. How do test automation platforms need to adapt to the changing business needs and how can the LTTS Cogmation play an integral part in saving time and money for testers? Listen to our test automation expert, Roshan Manuel. To know more about LTTS Cogmation, visit https://www.ltts.com/solutions/cogmation

The current situation has caused businesses across the world to press the reset button on their supply chain & manufacturing activities. There is a huge focus on either completing shifting manufacturing bases or at-least spreading the risks by identifying new manufacturing locations. How attractive and viable is India for companies looking at an alternative manufacturing hub? What are the critical things to keep in mind when moving to India and how is the government playing an integral role in facilitating this global movement? Hear it from our Asia business head, Divya Bhatt.

As businesses and manufacturing plants open up for work, some of the things that would probably be at the top of everyone’s mind would be : How do I create a safe environment for my people to work in? How will workplace transformation look like in this new reality? How do I build systems & processes that will not just be relevant in the short-term, but sustain us in the long-term too? Our solutions team thought about this long and hard and came up with something that checks all the boxes, when it comes to workplace transformation. We are talking about the LTTS iBEMS (Integrated Building Experience Management System). With its scalable & flexible architecure, this ingenious "system of systems" has the ability to engineer custom experiences for all the stakeholders involved in a facility. To know more, visit https://www.ltts.com/solutions/i-bems Our Solutions & Platforms Head, Srinath Nagarur, elaborates.

5G, Electrical mobility, Energy Storage, DC Power - the fundamental building blocks to making all these things happen is power electronics. The power electronics industry is at an inflection point. There are major shifts in the power needs across the world, which translates to a major shift in the way electronics are being engineered. What can be done make power electronics more energy efficient? How will 5G impact the way we engineer drives & converters? What is the future roadmap of power electronics in cars?  To dig deeper into this, we have with us Atul Abhyankar, who heads our Power Electronics division. To know more, visit https://www.ltts.com/industry/industrial-products/power-electronics-drives .

LTTS has developed an unique AI tool (AiKno) & integrated engineering platform (Avertle) which, when combined, are ideally suited for industrial use-cases.  Listen to our CTO, Ashish Khushu, talk about these platforms, its special OCR reader, the predictive maintenance capabilities, and future roadmap of the products. Vist https://www.ltts.com/aikno to know more.

The #covid19 pandemic has forced companies to do a master reset on everything, from supply chain to manufacturing, compliance, partnerships and distribution. And there is probably no other industry that is undergoing as massive a transformation as the healthcare industry. What are the older ways of working that need to be abandoned and how must healthcare adapt to the new normal? We have with us, Jyotirmay Datta, who heads our Healthcare business in America, to share his insights. Listen Now!

There is this huge halo around artificial intelligence- that it would take our jobs, it will make humans redundant, it is panacea for all our problems. But is that really true?  What really is AI? What are the exciting use-cases that can be enabled by it? How should companies go about executing change management to make an AI roll-out successful? What is the thumb-rule when executing an AI program? Who better to answer these questions than our Chief Technology Officer, Ashish Khushu.

Our hands constitute one of the biggest sources of infection. This is a huge problem in the healthcare industry where most medical devices have touch-pads and touch-based UIs.  Is it time for medical devices to transition to touchless UI? What are the possibilities that voice, gesture control and biometrics bring about? Hear it from Karthik, our IVD & Lifesciences head.

Medical devices typically go through a stringent 510K evaluation process to be certified in the US. However, as a result of the ongoing pandemic, several devices have entered the marked through the EUA or emergency use authorization, that fast tracks approvals. These devices will eventually, however, have to comply to the 510K norms to remain in the market. Watch our quality & regulatory compliance experts, Rodney & Ram, talk about the multiple factors that companies need to keep in mind when transitioning from EUA to 510K. Visit https://www.ltts.com/solutions/healthcare/EUA to know how LTTS can ensure that filings are done as per regulations.

Unplanned downtime of power & environmental equipment is a major issue of concern for datacenters, resulting in millions of dollars of lost revenue. We have Abhijit Naik, our Director for Predictive Maintenance Solutions, talk about a very specific offering LTTS has developed for datacenters. Listen Now!

We have witnessed increasing incidents of cyber attacks on enterprise networks. How can companies safeguard against cyber threats in this new normal? Will product security architectures require a complete overhaul? Visit https://www.ltts.com/services/remote-security-monitoring to know how can LTTS' remote security operations & microservices help companies engineer a safe & sustainable environment? 

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