{"id":11112,"date":"2024-09-10T12:08:21","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T10:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wats.com\/?p=11112"},"modified":"2024-09-11T09:11:51","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T07:11:51","slug":"the-measure-of-success-with-badger-meter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wats.com\/the-measure-of-success-with-badger-meter\/","title":{"rendered":"The Measure Of Success With Badger Meter"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”excerpt” text_direction=”default”]With more than a century of innovation and strong, stable growth, Badger Meter helps organizations around the world minimize the waste of one of the world\u2019s most precious resources: water.\u00a0 They chose WATS to help them become even more data-driven, and since doing so have made their test processes even stronger. We sat down with Joe DeVries and Kenny Kreitzer from Badger Meter to get the full story.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”]\n

Introducing Badger Meter<\/h2>\n

Badger Meter is an innovator in flow measurement, water quality, and control products; serving water utilities, municipalities, and commercial and industrial customers worldwide. Their smart water metering solutions provide actionable intelligence that enables customers to optimize the delivery and use of water, maximize revenue, and reduce waste. Badger Meter offers smart solutions for a wide range of customer applications through its global network of manufacturing facilities, including nine dedicated sites in North America alone.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”Small Line” line_alignment=”center” line_thickness=”2″ divider_color=”accent-color” animate=”yes” custom_height=”100″ custom_line_width=”80″][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”]\n

“WATS has changed the conversations in the production department and across the wider team. As a result, everyone in the plant is smarter about how we operate. Delving deeper into the data was always the best approach, and WATS has been key in making that happen.“<\/span><\/i><\/em><\/p>\n

Joe DeVries, Director of Operations, Badger Meter<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”Small Line” line_alignment=”center” line_thickness=”2″ divider_color=”accent-color” animate=”yes” custom_height=”100″ custom_line_width=”80″][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”]\n

Looking for Greater Access to Better Data<\/h3>\n

A few years ago, Badger Meter had a similar setup to many other leading manufacturers \u2013 great teams and modern production environments \u2013 but were now looking for an additional edge, and they had their eyes firmly set on data. They already had a suite of production dashboards that they had built internally, but they weren\u2019t as streamlined or easy to use as they needed them to be. Seeing that having greater access to better data was key, they looked for a solution.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Switch<\/h3>\n

In 2022, Badger Meter embarked on a trial with WATS, collaborating to post-process and import existing data into the WATS platform, while evaluating the potential benefits. Seeing immediate benefits from this initial work, by early 2023, they fully committed to WATS, marking a significant shift in their approach to a data-driven approach.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

With nearly 100 testers now submitting data to WATS, including from some of their component manufacturers that operate abroad, test data has become significantly less fragmented and siloed. Now, there\u2019s a single source of truth that doesn\u2019t need a lot of manual work to arrive at and it\u2019s easy to understand for every department.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”Small Line” line_alignment=”center” line_thickness=”2″ divider_color=”accent-color” animate=”yes” custom_height=”100″ custom_line_width=”80″][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”]\n

“Being able to see the data in the way we now can helps us see issues we didn\u2019t know we had. The same goes for communicating with component manufacturers because data is a language everyone can speak. The price you pay for the great service \u2013 paired with the limited effort you have to put in to get actionable data out \u2013 is much better than other solutions.”<\/span><\/i><\/em><\/p>\n

Kenny Kreitzer, Principal Test Engineer, Badger Meter<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”Small Line” line_alignment=”center” line_thickness=”2″ divider_color=”accent-color” animate=”yes” custom_height=”100″ custom_line_width=”80″][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”]\n

Transformation and Growth<\/h3>\n

Joe and Kenny have seen firsthand the transformative impact of WATS on production at Badger Meter. In essence, WATS has simplified data access, analysis, and sharing. Now, production supervisors and planners have started using the dashboards in WATS to drive their decision-making. There\u2019s been a cultural shift \u2013 one where the core five-person team of test engineers is now helping other teams make gains in their own areas of production.<\/span><\/p>\n

The test engineers themselves get the most day-to-day benefit, logging into WATS every day to pull out the data they need. That includes analyzing data from their component manufacturers, who now have a way to feed test data back to Badger Meter \u2013 with no input needed from them. That helps conversations around testing happen much more quickly; using up-to-date information \u2013 a critical aspect of improving production.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”Small Line” line_alignment=”center” line_thickness=”2″ divider_color=”accent-color” animate=”yes” custom_height=”100″ custom_line_width=”80″][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”]\n

\u201cInstead of fighting through the same issues day after day in production, we now use WATS to understand the issues and develop countermeasures that truly address the root causes. As a result, we\u2019ve seen tangible improvements in our outputs.<\/span><\/i>\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Joe DeVries, Director of Operations, Badger Meter<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”Small Line” line_alignment=”center” line_thickness=”2″ divider_color=”accent-color” animate=”yes” custom_height=”100″ custom_line_width=”80″][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”]\n

The Next Steps<\/h3>\n

From a test perspective, Badger Meter wants to continue exploring features that they haven\u2019t touched yet. A part <\/span>they\u2019re particularly interested in is the asset monitoring functions<\/a> so they can improve maintenance performance on testers, as well as roll out WATS to more testers across their sites.\u00a0<\/span>Perhaps the best badge of honor from our work with Badger Meter is during the interview for this case study when asked for final thoughts, Joe said: \u201cIf Kenny needed to cut into planned production to give us greater insights out of WATS to improve our operation, he\u2019d get it\u201d. <\/i>Now, if that\u2019s not an endorsement, we don\u2019t know what is. <\/span><\/p>\n

Learn more about Badger Meter at badgermeter.com<\/a><\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none”…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":11118,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3202,3115],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11112","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-customerstories","8":"category-highlights"},"yoast_head":"\nThe Measure Of Success With Badger Meter - WATS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Badger Meter uses WATS Test Data Management to improve production and become data driven in their production and development.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/wats.com\/the-measure-of-success-with-badger-meter\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Measure Of Success With Badger Meter\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Badger Meter uses WATS Test Data Management to improve production and become data driven in their production and development.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/wats.com\/the-measure-of-success-with-badger-meter\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"WATS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wats.manufacturing.intelligence\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-09-10T10:08:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-09-11T07:11:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/wats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/badgermeter.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"960\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"365\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Lise\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Lise\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Measure Of Success With Badger Meter - WATS","description":"Badger Meter uses WATS Test Data Management to improve production and become data driven in their production and development.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/wats.com\/the-measure-of-success-with-badger-meter\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Measure Of Success With Badger Meter","og_description":"Badger Meter uses WATS Test Data Management to improve production and become data driven in their production and development.","og_url":"https:\/\/wats.com\/the-measure-of-success-with-badger-meter\/","og_site_name":"WATS","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wats.manufacturing.intelligence","article_published_time":"2024-09-10T10:08:21+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-09-11T07:11:51+00:00","og_image":[{"width":960,"height":365,"url":"https:\/\/wats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/badgermeter.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Lise","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Lise","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/wats.com\/the-measure-of-success-with-badger-meter\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/wats.com\/the-measure-of-success-with-badger-meter\/"},"author":{"name":"Lise","@id":"https:\/\/wats.com\/#\/schema\/person\/5e3f247d44bf04c73a09711d07e9cbe6"},"headline":"The Measure Of Success With Badger Meter","datePublished":"2024-09-10T10:08:21+00:00","dateModified":"2024-09-11T07:11:51+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/wats.com\/the-measure-of-success-with-badger-meter\/"},"wordCount":1146,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/wats.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/wats.com\/the-measure-of-success-with-badger-meter\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/wats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/badgermeter.jpg","articleSection":["Customer Stories","Highlights"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/wats.com\/the-measure-of-success-with-badger-meter\/","url":"https:\/\/wats.com\/the-measure-of-success-with-badger-meter\/","name":"The Measure Of Success With Badger Meter - WATS","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/wats.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/wats.com\/the-measure-of-success-with-badger-meter\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/wats.com\/the-measure-of-success-with-badger-meter\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/wats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/badgermeter.jpg","datePublished":"2024-09-10T10:08:21+00:00","dateModified":"2024-09-11T07:11:51+00:00","description":"Badger Meter uses WATS Test Data Management to improve production and become data driven in their production and development.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/wats.com\/the-measure-of-success-with-badger-meter\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/wats.com\/the-measure-of-success-with-badger-meter\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/wats.com\/the-measure-of-success-with-badger-meter\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/wats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/badgermeter.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/wats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/badgermeter.jpg","width":960,"height":365,"caption":"Badger Meter illustration"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/wats.com\/the-measure-of-success-with-badger-meter\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Hjem","item":"https:\/\/wats.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Measure Of Success With Badger Meter"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/wats.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/wats.com\/","name":"WATS","description":"Test Data Management","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/wats.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/wats.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/wats.com\/#organization","name":"WATS test data management","url":"https:\/\/wats.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/wats.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/wats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/wats-logo-horisontal-black.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/wats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/wats-logo-horisontal-black.png","width":300,"height":169,"caption":"WATS test data management"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/wats.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wats.manufacturing.intelligence","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/virinco\/playlists","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/showcase\/wats-manufacturing-intelligence\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/wats.com\/#\/schema\/person\/5e3f247d44bf04c73a09711d07e9cbe6","name":"Lise","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/wats.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3806794a1d5fdfe7a67da15a4b4d25e0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3806794a1d5fdfe7a67da15a4b4d25e0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Lise"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wats.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wats.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wats.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wats.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wats.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11112"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/wats.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11119,"href":"https:\/\/wats.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11112\/revisions\/11119"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wats.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wats.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wats.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wats.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}