Evan Sloss , iBASEt ’ s EMEA Director , on smart manufacturing , surviving supply chain crises and being ‘ digitally determined , not digitally distraught ’
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Evan Sloss , iBASEt ’ s EMEA Director , on smart manufacturing , surviving supply chain crises and being ‘ digitally determined , not digitally distraught ’
iBASEt is not a manufacturing company – yet , with the services it provides , the sector itself couldn ’ t function without it . Leading discreet manufacturers in the simplification of the way they build and maintain complex products , iBASEt boasts solutions that make complex manufacturing easier for manufacturers to understand – from the factory floor to the final stop . iBASEt ’ s digitally integrated solutions help manufacturers work faster and smarter . Customers include Airbus , BAE Systems and Rolls Royce .
Evan Sloss , EMEA Director , arrived in the UK from the US in 1992 and started working in manufacturing product development .
“ My accent ' s still American , but I ' ve lived most of my life in the UK . In manufacturing , I was really surprised , because one of our VPs in America was saying , ‘ Evan , you ' re going to need to buy some really good suits . They ' re very classy over there in the UK ’ – I did that , and then quickly learned that not everybody spoke like James Bond in England .
But there were some unexpected cultural differences Sloss didn ’ t expect .
“ What was funny was the factory itself – it was unlike anything I ' d ever seen ,” Sloss recalls . “ It wasn ' t like our HQ was some cosmopolitan wonderland , but the factory was very modern . There wasn ' t a demarcation between the executives and the workers , because we all ate in the same cafeteria and things like that , whereas here in the UK , there were executive dining rooms . To me , it was a whole new experience .”
Thankfully , when Sloss moved to iBASEt three years ago , he brought the spirit of modernisation with him .
“ We can ' t underestimate the power of being digitally determined ”
EVAN SLOSS IBASET ’ S EMEA DIRECTOR
Smart manufacturing at iBASEt Smart manufacturing , where manufacturing engineers use IoT sensor data to minimise downtime and maximise efficiency , is at the core of iBASEt ’ s work . As part of this , the company looks closely at the byproduct of anything digital and uses it to make recommendations .
“ Most people are unaware of how much data they have , or even where it is ,” explains Sloss .
What iBASEt offers is the ability for manufacturers to understand their data and to manage it . Although having the means to access data helps businesses enormously , sometimes , there is just
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