Plant manager
“Why did we lose output this week, and will it happen again?”
- Downtime by asset and cause, not by shift note.
- Early warnings on machines drifting out of normal.
- One view of availability across lines and sites.
Manufacturing & Industry
Production stops for reasons that were visible hours earlier.
Machines, utilities and mobile plant reporting condition before they stop.
- Who we work with
- Plant, maintenance and energy teams
- Typical estate
- Production lines, utilities and mobile plant
- Where it starts
- One line or critical utility
/ The context /
Why this sector, why now.
Plants run on equipment that gives warning before it fails, and on maintenance schedules built around dates rather than condition. The result is money spent servicing healthy machines and production lost to the one that was drifting.
Connecting machines, utilities and mobile plant turns unplanned downtime into planned work, and gives a plant manager a defensible number for a problem currently described with adjectives.
- 01Localisation raises the bar
The National Industrial Development and Logistics Program is pushing more production into the Kingdom. New and expanding plants are expected to run reliably from day one, not after years of learning.
- 02Energy is no longer free
Energy pricing reform has made consumption a real line in the plant budget. Compressed air, chillers and idle running now show up in the cost per unit.
- 03Skilled maintenance is scarce
Experienced technicians are hard to find and harder to keep. Their time has to go to machines that need attention, not to routine checks on healthy equipment.
/ The challenges /
What the operation is up against.
01
Maintenance runs on the calendar
Assets are serviced on fixed dates regardless of condition. Healthy machines get opened up, while the one drifting out of tolerance waits for its slot.
02
Downtime is described, not measured
Stoppages are logged by shift in notebooks or spreadsheets. Nobody can say with confidence what caused the last month of lost output.
03
PLC data stays on the floor
Controllers already hold useful signals, but they sit in isolated SCADA screens. Engineering and management never see them in a form they can act on.
04
Utilities waste goes unnoticed
Leaking air lines, oversized chillers and equipment left running overnight cost money every hour. Without metering by area, the waste has no owner.
/ Where it shows up /
The solutions that matter here.
Each one runs on the same foundation, so the second costs a fraction of the first.
/ What we connect /
The whole estate, on one record.
Whatever the brand, protocol or supplier — joined to the systems that already run the business.
On the line
- Motors and gearboxes
- Pumps and fans
- Conveyors
- Presses and moulding machines
- PLCs and drives
Plant utilities
- Compressors
- Chillers and cooling towers
- Boilers
- Sub-metering by area
- Power quality
Around the site
- Forklifts and mobile plant
- Warehouse environment
- Tools and critical spares
- Maintenance crews
Systems of record
- SCADA and historians
- ERP
- CMMS
- Quality systems
/ By role /
One platform. Four different questions answered.
Maintenance lead
“Which machines actually need my team this week?”
- Condition-based alerts on vibration, temperature and current.
- Work orders raised with the evidence attached.
- Fewer routine checks on equipment running well.
Energy manager
“Where is our energy going when the line is not running?”
- Consumption by area, asset and shift.
- Out-of-hours and idle running flagged automatically.
- Savings tracked against a measured baseline.
Finance director
“What is unplanned downtime costing us, in a number I can defend?”
- Lost production hours tied to specific assets.
- Maintenance spend compared against condition and outcome.
- A clear case for where capital should go next.
/ How we engage /
From first conversation to the whole estate.
- 1
Walk the plant
We walk the floor with maintenance and production, agree the critical assets, and check what PLC, SCADA and metering data already exists.
- 2
Instrument one line
Add sensors where needed, read existing controllers where possible, and establish a normal baseline for each critical asset.
- 3
Turn alerts into work
Connect alerts to maintenance workflows so drift becomes a planned job. Review stoppages and savings against the baseline.
- 4
Extend across the site
Roll out to further lines, utilities and sites, integrate ERP and CMMS, and hand over dashboards the plant runs itself.
/ Compliance /
The record the regulator asks for, produced as you operate.
Confirm the exact format your authority requires and we map the export to it.
- 01Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources
Production, energy and equipment records are structured to support the operational reporting that industrial licence holders are asked to maintain.
- 02SASO product standards
Process and environmental conditions can be logged continuously, designed to support the quality records manufacturers keep against SASO product standards.
- 03NCA Essential Cybersecurity Controls
Connecting operational technology is done with segmentation, access control and logging designed to support alignment with the NCA Essential Cybersecurity Controls.
/ Security & sovereignty /
Sovereign is a place, not a promise.
In-Kingdom residency
Data stored and processed inside Saudi Arabia, on infrastructure you can name in a tender.
Built to national controls
Designed to align with NCA cybersecurity controls and the Personal Data Protection Law.
Isolated by tenant
Tenant isolation, role-based access and a full audit trail across users, actions and devices.
Your cloud or site
Deploy into a sovereign cloud, your private cloud or on-premises without becoming a different product.
/ Built on IoT Cube /
Products already working in this sector.
TEFCO
Saudi IoT and telematics hardware — GPS tracking, RFID, AI cameras, sensors and RTLS, installed and supported.
Gorex
On-demand car care — convenient vehicle maintenance and automotive services, booked in a few taps.
Humify
AI-powered GCC HR platform for payroll, attendance, recruitment, leave, employee records and workforce operations.
/ Questions /
Frequently asked.
Do we have to replace our SCADA?
No. IoT Cube sits alongside existing SCADA and historians, reading the signals you already have. We add sensors only where the data does not exist, such as vibration on older machines.
Can you connect to older equipment?
Usually. Legacy machines without controllers can be retrofitted with non-intrusive sensors for vibration, temperature and current. We assess each critical asset before recommending anything.
How do you protect our OT network?
Connections are designed with network segmentation and outbound-only data flows where possible. Your OT and IT teams agree the architecture before any device is connected.
Does it integrate with our ERP and CMMS?
Yes. Alerts can raise work orders in your maintenance system and asset data can flow to ERP. Integration scope is defined during the pilot so it matches how your teams already work.
What does a sensible pilot look like?
One production line or a critical utility such as compressed air. A handful of assets with a known history of trouble gives the clearest early result.
/ Other industries /
The same foundation, a different estate.
Bring us the decision that takes too long today.
Start with the problem. IoT Cube provides the foundation underneath.