Analytics for Manufacturing - MTConnect Insights.

Have been looking around for analytics applied to manufacturing processes. View to how to optimize business value of the manufacturing process (aka ROI, efficiency, etc.). [And optimization can be about consumables, parts, energy - usually uptime and reliability are key concerns.]
Found an approach with the following components:
Protocol or language: MTConnect. Wrote about MTConnect before.
Tools: Systems Insights VIMANA and their partners like Autodesk and Yamazaki Mazak.
Then apply model based analytics ala Analytika.