Transforming Industrial Operations with Real-time Intelligence and Agentic AI

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Description

Microsoft Fabric Real-Time Intelligence transforms industrial operations through Real-Time Dashboard, Data Activator, agentic AI, and ART enablement. Organizations shift from reactive firefighting to autonomous, predictive operations—monitoring equipment health, triggering intelligent workflows, and orchestrating maintenance responses at streaming velocity.

Key Takeaways

Microsoft Fabric Real-Time Intelligence transforms industrial operations through Real-Time Dashboard, Data Activator, agentic AI, and ART enablement
Organizations shift from reactive firefighting to autonomous, predictive operations—monitoring equipment health, triggering intelligent workflows, and orchestrating maintenance responses at streaming velocity
Technical deep dive — implementation details and architecture

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Transforming Industrial Operations
with Real-Time Intelligence and
Agentic AI
AI at the Frontier
Our Speakers
Stuti Singh
Partner Alliance Manager
Quadrant Technologies
Yasaswi Akkaraju
Sr. Data Architect
Quadrant Technologies
From Vision to Value
Agentic Operations in Industrial Environment
The Future of Industrial Operations
Agentic Workflows
Best-in-class organizations
who seamlessly integrate human expertise with
agentic capabilities
On-tap
intelligence
Human role
evolution
Data as Operational
Foundation
Foundational Building Blocks for Agentic
Transformation
Scalable Cloud
Platform
Edge Infrastructure
Real time Telemetry
Intelligent Operational
Agents
Operational, Financial and Human Impact of Unplanned Downtime
Gap between IT and OT
“Which customer orders are impacted by this
machine being down?”
“When will we have the required supplies to
restart this line?”
“How much energy is being used at each of our
factories?”
Siloed data systems
“How many additional man hours are available
for the production surge next week?”
“How has our production quality changed over
the last 6 months?”
“What is our forecasted equipment
maintenance cost for the upcoming quarter?”
IT constraints
Legacy infrastructure
Plant Manager
Chief Operating Officer
IT data
OT data
Enterprise
Factory
The journey to agentic - operations
Phase 1
Phase 2
Phase 3
Assistants
Collaborators
Orchestrators
Every person
is supported by AI that
understands their role
Every team
manages agents that
complete tasks
autonomously
Every organization
directs agents that
drive enterprise
activities
What gets in the
way today?
Data arrives too late to
make a difference
Data volumes are too
large and expensive
Data siloes between batch
and real-time data
Too many instances
for humans to track
Hard to find the
high-value signals in time
Decisions are too slow to
change outcomes
Optimize operations across the value chain through data unification
“Show me the energy use
across all factories”
“Which customer orders are impacted
by this machine being down?”
Plant Manager
Factory
Chief Operating Officer
OT pipelines
Unified
manufacturing
data estate
IT pipelines
Production control
Process control
ERP
MES
Single pane of glass
PLM
Quality control
CRM
Equipment monitoring
Energy management
Enterprise
WMS
Microsoft Fabric
CPQ
Unified data estate achieved by Microsoft Fabric
Solving Industrial Operations
Problem statement
•
Inability to process large
Solution Approach
•
volumes of streaming data in
real time
•
Edge to cloud latency issues
•
Poor signal to noise ratio
•
Alert fatigue and false
positives
•
Scalability Constraints
•
Sustainable Decisions
Real time data ingestion with
Business Outcome
•
Fabric RTI
•
downtime
Unified Data Foundation in
•
Onelake
•
20–30% improvement in asset
utilization (OEE)
AI Driven Predictive Models
•
with Fabric IQ
•
30–50% reduction in unplanned
Faster anomaly detection
(seconds vs hours)
Intelligent Copilot Interface via
•
Copilot Studio
Improved maintenance planning
and accuracy
•
Reduced energy waste and
carbon footprint
Enterprise Intelligence Platform For
Streaming And Operational Data
Agent Enabler
Data Sources
Wind Power
Geothermal
Nuclear power
Battery
Anomaly Real-time
Detection
Carbon
Intelligent
Agent
Activator
Energy Consumption
Azure
IoT Hub
Event
stream
Event
house
KQL DB
Business
Users
Realtime Dashboard
Transform
IT Data
IoT based Real-time Data
IoT based Real-time Data
Maintenance
Agent
Ready to use
Model
Visualize
Power BI
IOT Enabled Factory
Gold Layer
Silver Layer
Bronze Layer
Semantic Model
System Data
Dasboards
ADLS Gen2
Fabric IQ
SCADA
Spark Job Definition
MES
Databases
Entra
Monitoring
Notebook
Data flow Gen2
Log Analytics
App Insights
Purview
Factory
management
Connected factory
Predictive maintenance
Quality control
Development and testing
Technology
providers
Logistics
+
+
Supply chain
Demand management
and forecasting
Shipping and distribution
Product embedded
analytics
Data driven continuous
product improvement
Customer service
Connected vehicle fleet
management
Demo
Redefining Industrial Ops: Case Study
TemperPack, a leader in sustainable packaging, operates within fast-paced logistics networks and aims to
transform inbound exception resolution and carrier coordination using intelligent automation.
Problem Statement : Thermocouple overheating caused
intermittent failures and unplanned downtime, disrupting
production and increasing costs.
Solution: Streaming telemetry and AI anomaly
detection provided early overheating alerts for timely
operational interventions.
Benefits: Reduced downtime led to significant cost
savings and achieved a substantial return on
investment.
Co-Invested Proof of Value- AI at Frontier
Fabric and Agentic AI POV and POC for Customers funded through Azure Accelerate Program
Shared Investment Model
Co-Investment
Microsoft
Quadrant
Customer Benefits
Proof of Value
•
Reduced Upfront Costs
•
Results and Outcomes
•
Broader Deployments
•
Landing Zone Setup
•
Accelerated Journey to Agentic
•
Implementation with small setup
Operations
•
Semantic Model& Dashboarding
•
Chat with your Data Experience
•
Integration with Azure IoT Hub
•
Data Sources Compatibility
Assessment Review
Customer
Start Building for Tomorrow Today
Initiate Data Collection
Start collecting and unifying streaming data from
operational assets to enable continuous intelligence.
Proof of Value Workshop
Conduct structured workshops to identify key use cases,
validate assumptions, and align stakeholders.
Demonstrate AI Integration
Showcase how real-time intelligence and AI agents work
together to drive proactive operations.
Scale from Success
Begin with one impactful use case, prove business value,
then scale for broader benefits.
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