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The Internet of Things ( IOT) is all about connecting physical objects to data networks to create business information and insights. Using IOT, it’s possible tomonitor any object and answer two questions: where is it, and what’s happening to it?

Nexans, a world-leading cable manufacturer, is using IOT solutions to help its clients reduce costs and optimize working capital allocation.

For example, consider Nexans’ Connected Drums solution, which offers accurate, realtime pinpointing of the location of cable drums at any moment. Incorporating IOT into cable management has numerous advantages:

GPS allows wire and cable reels to be tracked, thereby reducing losses and improving working capital

3D sensors detect rotation, making it possible to calculate how much cable remains on each reel and to reduce scrap

Gpsandtemperaturedataprovideinsights into site conditions, allowing teams to be reassignedtootherjobsifit’stoocoldforcablelaying

Finally, GPS, 3D, and time- of- day data allow for theft detection in seconds

As well as communicating directly, the IOT devices used inconnecteddrums are also linkedto each other via a Bluetoothmesh network. If a reel is inside a building and unable to communicate directly, data is automatically leapfrogged onto the main network via a neighbouring reel.

Building tomorrow’s infrastructure and practices

The ability to deploy powerful, intelligent IOT devices has huge implications on infrastructure management and ways of working.

One of themost exciting developments Nexans is currentlyworking onis digital twin technology— a real-time digital model of all of a company’s physical assets. The beauty of this technology is that it allows you not only to monitoryourinfrastructure, but alsoto createsimulations, identify business opportunities, and prevent problems before they happen. IOT will have a huge impact on the development of digital twin because it provides accurate real-timedata to drivethevirtualmodel, allowingfor industries to optimize their operations and themaintenance of physical assets, systems, and manufacturing processes.

Nexans is also testing augmented reality solutions using Microsoft Hololens smart glasses to support remote assistance and training.

Solutions of this sort are part ofnexans’ vision for the future. Meanwhile, its customers are already benefitting from a growing range of digital services and solutions. As well as IOT, these include Smart Inventory Management (SIM) and Asset Electrical, its asset management solution for electrical grid operators.

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