Everyone knows how annoying mechanical breakdown can be. Production is directly successful because the equipment malfunctions. Large sums of money are lost as production resumes. It also affects OEMs and distributors based on lost reputation and business opportunity. Fortunately, the use of data science can handle this …

Network Analysis Network theory is the study of graphs as a representation of relationship between discrete elements. When applied to social relations, it is known as social network analysis.1 Bollywood In this article, network theory is applied to analyse relationship between some professionals in bollywood, based on …

Survival Analysis Survival analysis deals with estimating probability of continuation of a particular status-quo at given point in time. Naturally, it also estimates the probability of discontinuation of the status quo i.e. occurrence of an event or a hazard. It finds application in several fields. For e.g. in medicine …

Data Art As the name suggests, data art is an art created using data of any kind. Well, the definition may vary. It's not an exact science. Some may use random data while others may use real life data. I recently came across the concept from the R graph Gallery. I started off the experiments with digits of pi, denoted …

This article discusses why digital transformations fail and what can businesses do about it (explained using a synthetic example from construction equipment industry) following successful startups. This is in continuation of my last article where I have recommended digital initiatives for OEMs of CE industry.) Sometime …

This article discusses micro perspective and focusses on OEMs as individual entity and not on industry as a whole. Challenges for the industry has been discussed in a different article. Construction equipment industry may face some challenges post covid, but overall industry in India should be able to overcome slowdown …

This article discusses a macro perspective, focusing on the industry as a whole (and not on OEMs as individual entities). There is a separate article for that which discusses possible solutions as well. Gita Gopinath, chief economist of International Monetary fund mentions the current economic downturn as worse than …

CASE construction equipment recently unveiled project zeus under which it launched a cool new all electric backhoe loader. The model 580 EV is industry's first fully electric backhoe loader. It is not merely a prototype but also is in production and sales. Powered by 480 V, 90 kWh lithium ion battery it can run for ~8 …

Carbon fibre chassis - a report on future outlook from Asitav Sen

There is a very interesting difference between passenger car sales and construction equipment sales, at least in India. One may assume that GDP growth boosts both. However, it is not necessarily true. While GDP has a strong positive correlation with passenger car sales, it is almost absent in case of construction …