You have an MQTT broker. You have dashboards. You have data flowing from PLCs. And you still can't make any decisions. That is pilot purgatory. And it is more common than anyone in the industry wants to admit.

In this episode, Ricardo Santos, Director at Tupinix, joins Zack Scriven and Dylan DuFresne to walk through what it actually takes to get value from a Unified Namespace in a CPG and food and beverage environment. Using Enterprise B, Capy Hour Inc., as the virtual factory for Abelara's ProveIt 2026 presentation, the team covers real use cases with real numbers.

Chapters

00:00 — Welcome and Context

02:34 — Pilot Purgatory and Vendor Lock

04:58 — Ricardo's CPG Background

09:12 — When Digital Is Not the Answer Yet

19:57 — The Capy Hour Use Cases: Waste, OEE, Quality 26:14 — CIP Optimization with Data Visibility

31:47 — True OEE vs. Management OEE

41:36 — Why Raw Event Data Is the Foundation

43:57 — Utilities and Energy Management

51:00 — Tribal Knowledge and the Retiring Expert

58:16 — ProveIt 2026 and What to Expect

Connect with Ricardo Santos: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ricardomarquessantos/

Connect with Dylan DuFresne: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dylan-dufresne-solutions/

Connect with Zack Scriven:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/zackscriven/

Tupinix: https://tupinix.com/

Abelara: https://abelara.com

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