Published: Jul 07, 2025

The new era of asset intelligence: Cloud-connected, AI-driven, future-ready

Part 1 – Asset intelligence: An NCS whitepaper 

We’ve released a whitepaper - The new era of asset intelligence: Cloud-connected, AI-driven, future-ready – that unpacks how AI, digital twins, and cloud-native platforms are reshaping enterprise asset management. Through real-world examples from NCS clients, it offers a practical framework for organisations to adopt predictive, data-driven strategies that deliver measurable gains.

Asset-intensive industries are entering a pivotal era – one marked by aging infrastructure, heightened climate risk, and growing demand for service reliability. In this environment, technology is no longer a support function – it is the foundation of resilience, efficiency, and sustainability. 

Asset-intensive sectors face mounting challenges – from aging infrastructure to climate-related disruptions. Yet the path forward is increasingly clear: AI and digital twins offer a powerful means to shift from reactive to predictive operations.
 

Embracing opportunities with modernisation 

Modernising the system of record offers transformative potential. As Maximo, SAP, Ellipse, and Infor platforms move to the cloud, energy, utilities and resources (EUR) organisations face a critical opportunity – not just to upgrade technically, but to simplify legacy customisations, adopt best practices, and unlock real-time integration with AI and digital tools. These cloud transitions position asset systems to become systems of insight.
 

AI as an enabler for accelerated growth 

At the same time, AI is moving to the core of asset strategy. Globally, executives rank AI as the most transformational technology of our time, with adoption increasingly centralised through Centres of Excellence to ensure scalability and compliance. Sectors like manufacturing and infrastructure are already reporting ROI from predictive maintenance, AI-powered inspections, and generative tools that accelerate planning and field operations. 

Together, these shifts point to a new model for asset management – one that is cloud-connected, insight-driven, and ready for what’s next.
 

NCS drives responsible growth across sectors like energy, utilities, mining, chemicals, manufacturing, and construction, enhancing businesses through smarter decisions and optimised operations to deliver operational efficiency, safe and compliant operations along with enriched employee and customer experiences. 

We partner with organisations to help our clients navigate this shift – bringing proven capabilities in digital platforms, AI integration, and cloud transformation. By applying these technologies in context, we can support your team to take practical steps towards more intelligent, adaptive asset management.  

At NCS in Australia, we are reinventing technology services from the inside out. We provide advisory, design, build and managed services to our clients, with unrivalled service, attention and understanding every step of the way.
 

Our energy, utilities and resources expertise 

Energy, utilities and resources companies play a crucial role in supporting economic growth, ensuring energy security, and promoting sustainable development through innovative technologies and infrastructure investments. 

Our team brings adaptive approaches, outcomes and thinking, pairing this with deep industry knowledge to help our clients succeed, every step of the way. We’re different. Discover how by connecting with our team today. 

This article introduces our whitepaper: The new era of asset intelligence: Cloud-connected, AI-driven, future-ready for energy, utilities and resources clients, with extracts available to read now using the links below.