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Detect equipment failures before they happen.

AI agent that monitors IoT sensor streams via Azure IoT Hub, detects anomaly patterns with Azure OpenAI, and triggers maintenance work orders before equipment fails — reducing downtime by up to 73%.

73%
Downtime reduction
6x
Earlier fault detection
$890K
Avg annual savings
15 min
Alert-to-order time

How It Works

From sensor signal to work order in 15 minutes.

01

IoT Data Pipeline Setup

We configure Azure IoT Hub ingestion, Azure Stream Analytics jobs, and Azure Digital Twins to create a live, queryable model of your asset estate.

  • IoT Hub device provisioning and telemetry routing
  • Stream Analytics windowed anomaly detection queries
  • Digital Twins asset topology and relationship mapping
02

Anomaly Detection Model Integration

Azure Machine Learning regression and time-series forecasting models are trained on your historical sensor data and baseline failure events, then deployed as real-time scoring endpoints.

  • Custom ML model training on your failure history
  • Azure OpenAI GPT-4o for contextual fault explanation
  • Configurable alert thresholds per asset class and criticality
03

Work Order Automation

Semantic Kernel orchestrates the full alert-to-work-order pipeline — from anomaly confirmation to CMMS record creation — with human-in-the-loop review for critical assets.

  • Semantic Kernel agent orchestration for alert triage
  • Azure Logic Apps for CMMS / ERP work order creation
  • Maintenance team notification via Teams and email

Capabilities

What this agent can do.

Real-Time Sensor Stream Monitoring

Continuously ingests vibration, temperature, pressure, and flow-rate telemetry from Azure IoT Hub — processing millions of events per second without data loss.

Azure OpenAI Anomaly Interpretation

GPT-4o contextualises raw anomaly signals against asset maintenance history and operating conditions, explaining failure modes in plain language for field technicians.

Automatic Work Order Creation

When failure probability crosses configurable thresholds, the agent creates prioritised work orders directly in your CMMS or ERP — including the fault description, recommended parts, and urgency level.

Asset Maintenance History Analysis

Retrieves full maintenance records from Azure Data Lake and correlates current sensor patterns with past failure signatures to improve prediction confidence.

Failure Probability Scoring

Azure Stream Analytics computes rolling anomaly scores per asset in real time, while Azure Machine Learning regression models output per-asset failure probability with confidence intervals.

CMMS / ERP Integration

Pre-built connectors for SAP PM, IBM Maximo, Infor EAM, and ServiceNow — with Logic Apps handling authentication, payload mapping, and retry logic for reliable work order delivery.

Built With

Azure technology stack

Azure IoT HubAzure OpenAIAzure Stream AnalyticsSemantic KernelAzure Logic AppsAzure Digital Twins

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