Device Integration
Device Integration
IoT integration involves the connecting of IoT devices with applications and
databases, which allows to leverage real-time data from devices, driving efficiency,
reducing costs, and enhancing decision-making.
IoT Device Integration enables automation, improve risk management, and offer
exceptional customer experiences.
❖ Select the Right Hardware: Select IoT devices that match your needs. For
example, if monitoring machinery, pick sensors that provide real-time,
accurate data.
❖ Set Up IoT Gateways: Deploy IoT gateways to manage data transfer between
devices and central systems. Gateways ensure data is collected, processed,
and sent efficiently.
❖ Create and Test Workflows: Develop workflows that automate actions based
on IoT data. For example, set up alerts for maintenance when sensors detect
issues. Test these workflows thoroughly before full deployment.
❖ Ensure Security: Protect your data with strong encryption and secure
authentication methods. Make sure your IoT setup complies with relevant
regulations to keep your data safe.
❖ Reduce risks: IoT integration can help your team identify potential risks in real
time and move swiftly in minimizing them.
❖ Delight clients: Using IoT integration, your team can deliver unexpected
experiences that satisfy clients and ensure they keep using your equipment
effectively.
❖ Reduce Pressure in employees IoT integration can take some of the load off
your employees, as it lets you build trigger-based automations that work off of
sensor data and that only call for human intervention when necessary
➢ Organizations that manufacture and sell point-of-sale: POS devices (e.g. Toast)
use sensors to determine when a device needs to be replaced. Only in this
case, they’d make the judgment based on the increasing number of times that
a credit card needs to be swiped in order to process a sale.
➢ Once the error rate reaches a certain threshold, you can trigger an automation
that creates an order for a POS device and initiates other steps for shipping out
the device to that business.
2. Case Example: Replace oil pumps proactively
➢ Oil companies need to identify when certain pumps need to be replaced well
before they’re unfit for use.
➢ To help oil companies identify the ones that are reaching their expiration, they
can put sensors in the pumps that monitor certain health signals, such as the
speed at which a pump is rotating.
➢ Once these signals reveal that a pump is near the end of its use, you can
trigger an automation where a work order is automatically created for
replacing it.