Victor Moran

Corrective to Preventive to Predictive Maintenance & Technology

Corrective to Preventive to Predictive Maintenance & Technology It used to be that things break and people would have them fixed. If your car stopped working, you would have it towed and then a mechanic would assess it, get the spare parts and rebuild it at a premium. Then, we started getting into the visual… Read more Corrective to Preventive to Predictive Maintenance & Technology

Art vs Automation – the Rolls Royce dilemma

Art vs Automation – the Rolls Royce dilemma By Victor Moran   At the beginning of the 20th century, the Rolls Royce company was founded by “Henry Royce, a successful engineer and Charles Rolls, owner of one of the UK’s first motor car dealerships” (1). By 1907, the Silver Ghost was declared the best car… Read more Art vs Automation – the Rolls Royce dilemma

The fall of the greats - The Blockbuster Story

  The fall of the greats – The Blockbuster Story By Victor Moran   If someone had told me back in the early 2000’s that Blockbuster and Toys R’Us that by 2018 both companies would be closing all their stores I would have laughed. I remember a job fair at my campus where lines of… Read more The fall of the greats - The Blockbuster Story

MindSphere – The Internet of Things by Siemens

MindSphere – The Internet of Things by Siemens By Victor Moran Siemens is a German company founded back in 1847 by Werner Von Siemens (1). With over 377,000 employees worldwide and a revenue of €83.0 billion in 2017, the company is a global leader in the fields of electrification, automation and most recently, digitalization (2).… Read more MindSphere – The Internet of Things by Siemens

Soccer vs technology? Soccer and technology? – The evolution of FIFA and what is next

Soccer is the most popular sport on earth with an estimate of 3.5 to 4 billion fans worldwide (1) (2). Traditional and conservative by design, FIFA is the governing body in charge or all organized competition worldwide having inference at the national teams level but also the local leagues. Every 4 years, the FIFA World… Read more Soccer vs technology? Soccer and technology? – The evolution of FIFA and what is next