Nortal Unifies Manufacturing Insights with Real-Time Analytics
Nortal, a technology-driven company, has implemented Microsoft Fabric and Real-Time Intelligence to break down siloed OT and IT environments in manufacturing. Manufacturing organizations typically generate high-velocity data from diverse sources including factory machines, MES, ERP, IoT telemetry, and process lines. Previously, this data was fragmented and slow to yield actionable insights. With Microsoft Fabric, Nortal helped create a unified data estate, integrating streaming and batch data from both OT and IT sources using Fabric's OneLake and Real-Time Intelligence platform. Eventstream and Eventhouse technologies enabled manufacturers to route, manage, and analyze large volumes of time-series and event-based data. Copilot Templates, powered by Azure OpenAI Service, allow frontline workers to interact with the unified data using natural language, streamlining root-cause analysis, knowledge discovery, and issue resolution. This end-to-end, fully managed analytics platform accelerates time-to-insight, supports predictive maintenance, and boosts operational efficiency. Seamless integration with Azure IoT, API, and migration paths from Azure Data Explorer further facilitated adoption.
- Organization
- Nortal
- Industry
- Manufacturing
- Location
- Global
- Published
- May 2024
Reported outcomes
Strategic outcomes
Primary read
Use case focus
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- 1Unified Manufacturing Data Estate
- 2Real-Time Operational Analytics
- 3Predictive Maintenance with Copilot Templates
- Slow insights due to OT and IT data silos in manufacturing.
- Difficulty integrating streaming and batch data from diverse data sources.
- Need for real-time operational data intelligence and anomaly detection.
- Frontline workers lacked easy access to actionable data and lacked natural language query tools.
- Deployed Microsoft Fabric to create a unified, analytics-ready data estate across OT and IT domains.
- Implemented Real-Time Intelligence, Eventstream, and Eventhouse for high-velocity data management.
- Leveraged Copilot Templates and Azure OpenAI to enable natural language data queries by manufacturing workers.
- Integrated with Azure IoT, analytics, and migration tools for seamless adoption.
- Accelerated time to operational insight and decision-making.
- Enabled predictive maintenance and faster anomaly detection.
- Empowered frontline workers with natural language analytics tools.
- Reduced downtime and improved operational efficiency across manufacturing plants.
Architecture
Microsoft Fabric's OneLake unified streaming (Eventstream/Eventhouse) and batch data from OT and IT systems; Real-Time Intelligence provided a single management pane; Copilot Templates (powered by Azure OpenAI) allowed natural language queries; Integration with Azure IoT and Azure Data Explorer supported data ingestion and analytics across the manufacturing estate.
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