We have all heard it before: Never touch a running system. Of course we don't, with today's lack of IT standardization and hard coding of processes, e.g. in the process logic and the communication to manufacturing IT systems like MES and ERP. Changes are very costly and time-consuming, leading to downtime and most certainly imply risks, but do we always have a choice?
Regain control by democratizing the brownfield: systems, applications, and PLCs in the shopfloor must provide their data and functions in a standardized and harmonized way. This makes it significantly easier to build and rollout applications on top of it. That’s the core idea of a standardized digital twin and the reason why we use the Asset Administration Shell in our proposed solution:
Introducing your next Game Changer: Asset Orchestration.
Think of an orchestra but instead of musicians all your machines and IT systems are conducted by a maestro. Rather than music notes the script is in a standardized and human-readable format covering the entire production process. The solution plays by the book – it triggers machine functions, gathers data, processes them, and sends it where it is needed at the right place at the right time. Flexible and reusable by design.
You design your process graphically – the Asset Orchestration Platform executes it for you.
Our Promise to You with Asset Orchestration
Change production processes without plc programmers or vendor support, even in a brownfield environment. Asset Orchestration reduces your change downtime by 60%.
Transparency for your complex data flows and processes will help your decision-making and future optimization, e.g. in energy management.
We introduce no proprietary protocols, but rely fully on open industry standards to connect and communicate.
Machine integration and IT/OT connectivity was never so easy with programmer guidelines and interface libraries.
Discover Your Orchestration Needs:
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With the Asset Orchestration Platform, it is possible to split tasks and responsibilities among multiple skilled experts:
PROCESS ENGINEERS create transparency and operational power by modelling process workflows using low-code BPMN 2.0.
DEVELOPERS program and change available asset interfaces fast and easy using e.g. PLC code blocks or an open-source SDK based on IDTA AAS.
OPERATORS execute fast changes in day-to-day production or participate in the process with included worker guidance.
Your Benefits with Asset Orchestration
Massively reduced downtimes in production
"Plug & Produce" enables a fast and automated integration of new and existing devices and systems from the shopfloor to factory IT
Time and cost reduction for changes of production processes
Reduction of complexity through graphical process modeling
Data and process transparency as well as data availability
New to the Asset Administration Shell?
Check out our explanation videos on how the IDTA industry standard AAS can drive your digitalization with Asset Orchestration:
AdminShell - Explanatory Video - Part 1 Teaser [EN]
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AdminShell - Explanatory Video - Part 2 Asset Administration Shell (AAS) [EN]
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We go even further. Bosch Rexroth relies on the AAS for the provision of Digital Product Twins in manufacturing and product lifecycle management. Learn more on our dedicated page here.
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