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Why We Built Ark: The MRO Data Governance Platform Legacy MDG Should Have Been
By Raghu Vishwanath, Managing Partner | March 2025 | 12 min read
After two decades watching Fortune 500 companies waste millions trying to govern dirty data, we built something fundamentally different. This is the story of why Ark exists—and why prevention beats remediation.
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															5 Signs Your EAM Data is Destroying Value
By Raghu Vishwanath | August 2025 | 8 min read
Is your EAM system delivering value or just creating expensive chaos? Here are the warning signs that your data quality issues are costing millions.
 
															The Hidden Cost of MRO Duplicate Parts
By Raghu Vishwanath | September 2025 | 10 min read
A major manufacturer discovered they had 50,000+ duplicate parts. Here’s what it was costing them – and how they eliminated the problem in 60 days.
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We’re working on new insights covering:
Why Data Cleansing Must Happen Before Governance
Implementing governance on dirty data is like building security walls around a contaminated foundation
Preparing for EAM Migration
Why your data foundation determines success or failure
The AI-Ready Data Challenge
How to prepare MRO data for predictive maintenance
ROI of Data Governance
Quantifying the business case for clean data
