Learn About Oracle Internet of Things (IoT)

Oracle Internet of Things (IoT) applications are composed of a common Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) application and one or more Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications.

About Oracle IoT Cloud Service

The Internet of Things (IoT) integrates different technologies such as mobile, cloud, big data, and analytics, and connects everyday objects to each other and to the internet.

Oracle IoT simplifies IoT so you can rapidly integrate IoT into your digital strategy and create innovative services with less risk. The integration with your existing applications and processes is key to a successful IoT strategy. Oracle IoT makes this integration easy and efficient.

Managing and analyzing the enormous amount of real-time data generated by all the IoT-connected devices demands a multi-faceted, yet robust IoT solution. Oracle IoT provides you real-time analysis tools that let you correlate, aggregate, and filter incoming data streams. It also provides you built in integrations that allow the automatic synchronization of data streams with Oracle Business Intelligence Cloud Service.

Oracle IoT enables secure and reliable bidirectional communication between IoT devices and the cloud. The devices can connect to the cloud directly, or indirectly through a gateway. Oracle IoT assigns a unique digital identity to each device to establish trust relationships among devices and applications. It also enforces authentication and authorization for end-to-end communication security and to ensure proof of origin of data. It uses a cross-protocol functionality that lets you directly address any device connected to the cloud, regardless of network protocol and firewall restrictions. It is also provides reliable communication between the cloud and your devices, even over unreliable networks or with devices that connect intermittently.

You can access Oracle IoT data and functions from your enterprise applications by using REST APIs. You can also use REST APIs to securely integrate your connected devices with your enterprise applications.

Oracle IoT Asset Monitoring Cloud Service Overview

Oracle IoT Asset Monitoring Cloud Service creates a digital twin version of your organization and organizational assets, and lets you monitor the location, condition, and utilization of your assets.

Asset management traditionally employs manual techniques. Untraceable assets, asset downtimes, and asset write-offs are common problems associated with traditional asset management systems. A typical manufacturing company, for example, spends 25 percent of the total operating cost in asset maintenance.

Oracle IoT Asset Monitoring Cloud Service helps improve business productivity and reduce the operational costs and inefficiencies associated with asset management. With Oracle IoT Asset Monitoring Cloud Service, asset locations and asset health conditions are known at all times. Features such as anomaly detection and predictive analytics help you detect and address problem areas in time. You can proactively take asset actions and schedule maintenance and replacements.

Use Oracle IoT Asset Monitoring Cloud Service to:

• Locate Assets Instantly

• Ensure Asset Availability and Utilization

• Prevent Asset Theft and Misplacement

• Reduce Business Process Interruptions and Downtime

• Reduce Capital Expenditures

About Oracle IoT Production Monitoring Cloud Service

Oracle Internet of Things (IoT) Production Monitoring Cloud Service helps you monitor production facility performance and the health of production equipment within each facility.

Sensor devices installed on production equipment use cellular, satellite, or Bluetooth connections to transmit real-time performance data to Oracle IoT Production Monitoring Cloud Service. You can use real-time and historic data to diagnose and predict production equipment failures and to reduce unplanned production shutdowns.

You can use two key performance indicators provided by Oracle IoT Production Monitoring Cloud Service to manage factories and machines that are pending orders. You can use custom key performance indicators to determine the utilization and health of production equipment and get real-time production data for each of your production facilities. This data can also help you determine the production facilities or machines that are performing optimally or that are underperforming.

You can compare your factory or machine with the best performers, or view historical data to contextualize the current performance data. You can also monitor warnings that may anticipate future production issues, as well as monitor and track the current incidents and their resolution.

You can monitor the performance of your factories at different levels, starting from a global perspective and then narrowing your view to the health of specific machines:

• Factory Level: View your production lines as they appear on your shop floor, and select a specific production line for more details.

• Product Level: Monitor the progress of your production, view diagrams for product routing, and identify bottlenecks.

• Machine Level: View machine availability statistics, view the associated sensor data to identify problem areas, and identify machine issues that affect production output.

Oracle IoT Fleet Monitoring Cloud Service Overview

Oracle Internet of Things (IoT) Fleet Monitoring Cloud Service helps you track the location and activity of fleet assets. Sensors connected to the on-board diagnostic (OBD) port in each fleet asset use cellular, satellite, or Bluetooth connections to transmit real-time vehicle location and performance data to Oracle IoT Fleet Monitoring Cloud Service. You can use real-time and historic vehicle location and performance data to determine where changes can be implemented to improve customer satisfaction, reduce operating costs, and increase driver safety.

For complete transportation monitoring of a supply chain network, Oracle Internet of Things (IoT) Fleet Monitoring Cloud Service provides you visibility of private fleet or third party carrier trips for:

• Real-time location and condition of vehicles, trailers, and containers moving freight
• In-transit cargo and inventory condition and their insights
• Predictions for estimated time of arrival (ETA) of trips
• Driver behavior and vehicle usage

Your business requirements determine how you use Oracle IoT Fleet Monitoring Cloud Service. You might want to focus on the reduction of fuel costs, plan more efficient delivery routes, or keep in touch with drivers more frequently. Oracle IoT Fleet Monitoring Cloud Service provides a user interface that is designed to let you focus on the data that is important to you. Let's take a look at some of these features.

The map view identifies the location of every fleet asset in real-time. Knowing the location of a vehicle in real-time lets you predict the estimated time of arrival (ETA) more accurately, improve route planning efficiency, and reduce idle time and fuel consumption.

The prebuilt business dashboards and predefined key performance indicators (KPIs) help you monitor fleet performance — availability, active trips, fuel costs, utilization, speed violations, and more. Knowing the condition of each fleet asset helps you schedule regular repair and servicing and avoid downtime.

Rules can help you track fuel consumption, battery life, tire pressure, engine oil level, engine temperature, and more. Rules can also help you influence good driver behavior by monitoring speed violations, harsh braking, and route deviations.

Use the Oracle IoT Fleet Monitoring Cloud Service to:

• Gain Real-Time Fleet Visibility
  • Track and locate vehicles in transit, and get current vehicle on-board sensor data.
  • View map-based, interactive visualizations of vehicles, equipment, ship-orders, ship-units, and ship-items associated with trips.
  • Leverage built-in KPIs for fleet status, utilization, availability, fuel costs, exceptions, and policy violations.
  • Use certified partner devices plugged directly into your vehicle, and securely collect and transmit vehicle on-board sensor data.
• Improve ETA Predictions and Reduce Vehicle Downtime
  • Continuously monitor vehicle on-board sensor data to detect faults and diagnose alerts.
  • Improve customer experiences with better ETA predictions and potential vehicle failure predictions.
  • Manage timely resolution of issues via effective incident management.
  • Gain contextualized visibility and notifications on the mobile app.
  • Apply feature-based machine learning on data from Oracle Transportation Management Cloud Service to determine insights and transit time predictions for planned shipments.
• Monitor Vehicle Usage
  • Create geofence boundaries to specify vehicle usage areas.
  • Get instantly notified when vehicle movement violates geofence boundaries.
  • Monitor vehicle idle time to reduce fuel costs and complete trips faster.
• Plug in to the Supply Chain
  • Integrate with Oracle Transportation Management Cloud Service and Oracle Warehouse Management Cloud Service to pull in trip or shipment information, send information about vehicles in transit, and import facilities.
  • Automatically generate incidents and alerts in supply chain management applications to handle issues such as shipment delays and vehicle breakdowns.
  • Digitally transform your fleet management processes with complete real-time visibility across all aspects of your fleet.

About Oracle IoT Connected Worker Cloud Service

Oracle IoT Connected Worker Cloud Service helps you monitor and manage worker safety.Sensor devices worn by workers use cellular, satellite, or Bluetooth connections to transmit real-time data about the worker's status and location to Oracle IoT Connected Worker Cloud Service. You can use real-time and historic data to maintain the highest level of safety, health, and productivity for your workforce.

Your business requirements determine how you use Oracle IoT Connected Worker Cloud Service. You might want to focus on the enforcement of health and safety policies, reduce worker exposure to hazardous or unsafe environments, or keep in touch with workers more frequently. Oracle IoT Connected Worker Cloud Service user interface provides a visual representation of the data that is important to you.

The map view identifies the location of every worker, incident, project, and hazard in real-time. Knowing the location of a worker in real-time lets you better allocate resources and improves safety monitoring and compliance.

The prebuilt business dashboards and predefined key performance indicators (KPIs) let you locate and monitor worker safety and quickly identify the location of every incident, project, and hazard. Knowing the location of workers, incidents, projects, and hazards helps you prioritize tasks and resolve incidents quickly.

Rules can help you enforce safety policies and to monitor worker safety. Rules can also help you influence safety compliance by monitoring the location of workers and the number of reported incidents. Improved worker safety can reduce the likelihood of worker injury, and lower your insurance premiums. Identifying hazardous locations prevents workers from entering locations that are hazardous to a worker's health and safety.