--- title: Five Tips for a Successful Internet of Things Program description: Getting value from the Internet of Things requires advanced analytics. image: http://info.ekaplus.com/hubfs/IoT-requires-advanced-analytics.png --- [![Eka - Power of One](https://blog.eka1.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Logo-On-White-RGB.png?width=9601&height=5401&name=Logo-On-White-RGB.png "Eka - Power of One")](http://ekaplus.com) - [PLATFORM](https://www.ekaplus.com/platform/) - SOLUTIONS - [CTRM & ETRM](https://www.ekaplus.com/solutions/trading-and-risk-management/) - [Commodity Analytics](https://www.ekaplus.com/solutions/commodity-analytics/) - Supply Chain & Ops - [Eka CSM](https://www.ekaplus.com/solutions/eka-commodity-site-manager/) - [Eka Control Systems](https://www.ekaplus.com/solutions/eka-control-systems) - [Eka QMS](https://www.ekaplus.com/solutions/eka-quality-management-system) - Collaboration - [Eka Connect](https://www.ekaplus.com/solutions/eka-connect) - [Farmer Connect](https://www.ekaplus.com/app/farmer-connect/) - [Supplier Connect](https://www.ekaplus.com/app/supplier-connect/) - [Customer Connect](https://www.ekaplus.com/app/customer-connect/) - Digital Transformation - [Eka AI](https://www.ekaplus.com/app/customer-connect/) - [Eka Blockchain](https://www.ekaplus.com/solutions/eka-blockchain/) - [Eka Source](https://www.ekaplus.com/solutions/eka-source) - [Eka App Store](https://www.ekaplus.com/solutions/eka-app-store) - INDUSTRIES - [Agriculture](https://www.ekaplus.com/agriculture/) - [Metals & Mining](https://www.ekaplus.com/metals-and-mining/) - [Energy](https://www.ekaplus.com/energy) - [Crude Oil & Refined](https://www.ekaplus.com/energy/crude-and-refined/) - [Natural Gas & LNG](https://www.ekaplus.com/energy/natural-gas-lng/) - [Power](https://www.ekaplus.com/energy/power/) - [Manufacturing](https://www.ekaplus.com/manufacturing/) - [CUSTOMERS](https://www.ekaplus.com/customer-directory/) - [COMPANY](https://www.ekaplus.com/company) - [RESOURCES](https://www.ekaplus.com/resource-center/) - [News](https://www.ekaplus.com/news/) - [Blog](http://blog.ekaplus.com/blog) - [Events](https://www.ekaplus.com/event-center/) - [App Sheets](https://www.ekaplus.com/appsheets/) - [Brochures](https://www.ekaplus.com/brochures/) - [Case Studies](https://www.ekaplus.com/casestudies/) - [Whitepapers](https://www.ekaplus.com/whitepapers/) - [Webinars](https://www.ekaplus.com/webinars/) - [PLANS](https://www.ekaplus.com/plans/) - [Contact](https://www.ekaplus.com/contact/) - [GET STARTED](https://www.ekaplus.com/get-started/) - [GET STARTED](https://www.ekaplus.com/get-started/) [EKA](http://ekaplus.com/) > Five Tips for a Successful Internet of Things Program May 04, 2017 # Five Tips for a Successful Internet of Things Program [![IoT-requires-advanced-analytics.png](http://info.ekaplus.com/hubfs/IoT-requires-advanced-analytics.png)](https://blog.eka1.com/blog/five-tips-for-a-successful-internet-of-things-program) ![IoT-requires-advanced-analytics.png](http://info.ekaplus.com/hubfs/IoT-requires-advanced-analytics.png "IoT-requires-advanced-analytics.png") The Internet of things (IoT) is the connection of physical devices – including vehicles, machinery, and buildings – embedded with electronics, software, sensors, actuators, and network connectivity to collect and exchange data. To get the most value from the abundance of information collected, you need a plan to efficiently and effectively aggregate, store, and analyze all of the data. 1. Develop an **IoT strategy**. Why are you collecting all of this data? What are you trying to achieve? Can IoT data help you improve efficiency, evaluate productivity, grow your business, improve customer service? 2. Choose a **scalable platform**. The number of IoT devices is increasing rapidly, and your business needs to scale quickly to keep up. Solutions that aren’t scalable won’t capture all of the available data, and you could miss key insights and make suboptimal decisions. 3. Invest in **advanced analytics**. IoT enables you to collect data on raw materials, inventory, operations, and products, but manually evaluating so much data is too cumbersome. Real-time data loses its value if it takes days or weeks to analyze. Advanced analytics solutions analyze data in minutes, [providing immediate insight](http://blog.ekaplus.com/blog/the-internet-of-things-big-data-bigger-opportunity) and the opportunity to address problems quickly. 4. Don’t neglect **long-term analyses**. Real-time analysis of data provides tremendous value, but you can gain additional insight by analyzing historical data to understand long term trends. Make sure your analytics solution can do both. 5. Merge IoT data with **other data sources**. IoT data does not capture the entire business. For example, if a shipment is delayed IoT data can provide information on operations and materials with IoT sensors. However, if the delay was caused by other factors, such as weather, you are missing a key piece of information. Effective analytics solutions incorporate data from other data sources – CTRM, ETRM, ERP, spreadsheets, weather, market data – to provide a more comprehensive and accurate picture. Choosing the right analytics solution is essential to gaining the most value from IoT data. [Eka Analytics](https://www.ekaplus.com/analytics/commodity-analytics-cloud-overview.aspx) aggregates and integrates data from internal and external systems including IoT sensors, CTRM, ETRM, CRM, ERP, spreadsheets, weather, and market feeds. Eka’s machine learning algorithms evaluate all of this data to answer the questions you need answered to meet your goals. 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