Industrial data strategy
Shape pragmatic roadmaps for operational data platforms, historian integration, contextualisation, governance and analytics enablement.
About
Independent, pragmatic advice at the intersection of IT, OT and operations.
Farcoms is a developing advisory practice focused on helping energy and industrial organisations make better use of the systems they already have: historians, CMMS/EAM platforms, shift logs, alarm systems, engineering documents, analytics tools and cloud platforms. The emphasis is on practical delivery, robust architecture and avoiding disconnected point solutions that create more fragmentation.
Services
How Farcoms can help
AI use case discovery
Identify realistic AI and agent opportunities in operations, maintenance, engineering, production optimisation and assurance workflows.
OT/IT architecture review
Review architectures spanning PI/AF, SCADA, alarm/event data, Maximo/SAP, Opralog, data warehouses, Azure and reporting platforms.
Operational reporting improvement
Improve production, emissions, reliability, barrier and work management reporting by clarifying data lineage and business rules.
Digital twin and context models
Advise on integrating asset hierarchy, 3D scans, P&IDs, tags, documents, work orders and real-time data into usable operational context.
Vendor and delivery support
Support RFI/RFP preparation, vendor challenge sessions, MVP scoping, delivery assurance and business-side product ownership.
Approach
Small, focused engagements that create clarity quickly.
Assess: understand the operational problem, current systems, data quality and constraints.
Align: connect business outcomes with a realistic technical architecture and delivery path.
Prototype: prove value quickly through targeted MVPs, dashboards, data models or workflow concepts.
Scale: avoid one-off solutions by designing for governance, supportability and integration.
Experience
Built on real operational technology and enterprise delivery experience.
Farcoms draws on decades of experience across upstream energy, industrial systems, operations data, enterprise applications and digital transformation. Typical areas include production data, process historians, asset models, computerised maintenance management, barrier management, emissions reporting, alarm analytics, reporting platforms and cloud-enabled analytics.
Contact
Interested in practical industrial digital advisory?
This site is currently a simple landing page while Farcoms develops its services.
sam.scott@farcoms.netNote: Farcoms is being developed as an independent side practice. Engagements are subject to availability, employer policies and conflict-of-interest review.