Inside Smart Factory

The blog about MES & digital manufacturing

The broad spectrum of production digitisation

Requirements for MES solutions and the role of manufacturing platforms

Find out how modern MES solutions integrate heterogeneous system landscapes, network machines and enable future-proof manufacturing platforms with technologies such as IIoT, OPC UA and REST APIs. This article shows what is important in the digital transformation.

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MES and LEAN management in interaction

Read here how you can use data acquisition to identify waste at an early stage, optimise the use of resources and, in combination with LEAN methods, contribute to an agile, resilient company.

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cronetwork MES at industrial companies in the Far East

Industrie Informatik also increases production quality in China: The Chinese Mubea site produced 48 days without rejects thanks to cronetwork MES. CEO Markus Zalud visited the plant and continues the growth strategy.

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MES & platform: solutions for current production challenges

From the complexity of digitalisation efforts to individualisation and the use of artificial intelligence on the way to sustainable production: trends relating to MES & Platform.

MES / Platform & AI

From production landscape to smart factory

How can I turn my production flow into a Smart Factory? What first steps can companies take to get tangible improvements?

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5 things you may not have known about MES

From contributing to energy efficiency, artificial intelligence, employee satisfaction to understanding your own value chain – an MES can simply do more!

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Traceability functions in MES

MES as a tracking & tracing tool can not only prevent recalls, but also contribute to the ongoing optimization of manufacturing processes and intralogistics.

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No more trouble with the release

“Problem-free software updates” – this is probably on the wish list of most CTOs and CIOs. Learn how 100% release capability creates planning and investment security on the way to smart manufacturing.

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This is how smart manufacturing works

Many companies are already on the road to the Smart Factory, because competitiveness wobbles if decisions in favor of implementation are left out for too long. The question is not “If?”, but “How?” and “What’s next?” after the go-ahead.

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Lifting the data treasure

Read more about how you can use predictive analytics to tap into the treasure trove of data on the shop floor and avoid costly machine downtime, for example.

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