Page 12 - Issue 1 2023

DATA AND SOFTWARE

after the incident, poisoning the work
environment and, if left unchecked,
can lead to poor delivery at best and
multiple resignations at worst.
It was this challenge of early
detection and intervention that gave
us the idea of turning our software
development skills to building a system
that could help us minimise the fallout
of team discord.
By applying an algorithm to our
data, the software can give insight
into the relationships between team
members and how that could impact
current projects. We have found that resignation, not to mention the lack of continuity and lost IP, it’s easy to see that early
the software is able to detect points of intervention was having a material impact on operations.
potential conflict between six weeks to While we are nowhere near a world where machines could or should replace
two months before a human would. humans when it comes to complex human capital management, by analysing
We saw that early intervention responses our TeamFirst software is able to detect around 80 percent of potential
slashed staff turnover by 50 percent team issues, pre-empting conflict before it reaches senior management. This doesn’t
in the first year. Considering replacing just preserve management focus, but it puts project managers and team leads back in
a developer was costing upwards control of their departments and helps create a work environment that is primed for
of R100 000 each time there was a profitability.

THE ISOFACE™ OUTPUT SWITCHES

AND THE ISOFACE™ DIGITAL INPUT ICS

ISOFACE™ digital in- and output switches and ICs are intelligent system solutions offering robust
galvanic isolation between the µC on the control side and the 24V factory floor environment.

3.3V µC Domain
Control Side

DI DO AI AO µC PSU
ISOF
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ISOFACE™ ISOFACE™
Input ICs Output Switches
Infineon’s galvanically 24V Factory Floor Galvanically isolated
Isolated 8-channel Process Side 8-channel ISOFACE™
digital input IC Valve Sensor output switches
Control
switches are ideal can be used to
Load Sensor
for highly compact Control drive any kind of
industrial applications. Motor Sensor resistive, inductive, or
Control Module
capacitive loads.
Motor Sensor
Control Module
Motor Motor
Control Control
Power-Bus
Robot
Control
For more information please contact Willem Schmidt
on 084 209 5458 or wschmidt@arrow.altech.co.za