Sam Russem

Sam Russem

I believe that Smart Manufacturing technologies can improve our everyday lives by delivering new and innovative products to market safely, efficiently, and at lower cost than ever before. I have hands-on experience with a wide range of technologies from PLC and SCADA-based control systems to advanced data collection historians, IoT devices, MES, and analytics; in industries ranging from food and beverage to pharmaceuticals to renewable energy.

Posts by Sam Russem

Introducing Kanoa Inventory

Manufacturers depend on inventory to keep production moving, maintenance teams prepared, and materials available where t …

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Jul 27, 2026, 8:42:35 AM

Introducing Kanoa Maintenance

Earlier this year, we shared that Kanoa was developing an Ignition-native maintenance-management solution with input fro …

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Jul 22, 2026, 9:39:30 AM

Kanoa MES 1.15 Is Here

Kanoa MES 1.15 is now available - and this is one of the most significant expansions of the Kanoa MES platform to date. …

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Jul 20, 2026, 8:15:16 AM
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Jul 7, 2026, 9:37:32 AM

Traceability Is a Data Model, Not Just a Barcode Scan

Many traceability conversations start with the same sentence: “We need barcodes.”

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Jun 30, 2026, 8:46:53 AM
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Jun 22, 2026, 4:09:38 PM

What Good MES Visibility Looks Like: Lessons from Tree Top’s Ignition + Kanoa MES Case Study

Inductive Automation recently released a case study featuring Tree Top’s MES implementation with CedarTech, Ignition, an …

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9 min read
May 12, 2026, 8:18:01 AM

Kanoa Announces CMMS Solution in Development for Kanoa MES - Sign up for Early Access

Manufacturers rely on maintenance teams to keep production running, but too often the systems that manage maintenance li …

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4 min read
Mar 18, 2026, 10:50:10 AM

Kanoa MES Accelerators: Reusable Design Patterns for Faster MES Implementations

Manufacturing MES projects rarely fail because teams lack ideas. More often, they slow down because implementation teams …

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Mar 10, 2026, 11:18:19 AM