Agile transition of a production control system (mes)

Challenge

Task

• agile transition of a distributed production network‘s production control system (MES)

Objective

• enablement to Industry 4.0 use cases
• reduction of very high operational expenses

Framework

• very high degree of automatization
• 12 factories in 6 EU countries
• 24/7 operation must be maintained
• pre-existing MES is a highly integrated, in-house development (code base c, among others)

Solution

• status quo analysis and development of a transition strategy
• identification of matching technologies with consideration of functional and non-functional requirements
• establishment of an edge/cloud architecture on the basis ofstandard platform and software components (microservices)

Benefits

• modular architecture sets the right course for growth and innovation as well as new prospects for I 4.0 use cases
• orchestration of a customized solution based on standard components
• holistic support for the long-term transition process
• this approach facilitates fast commissioning of new locations and profitable operations of existing locations

Technologies

• Messagebroker (Rabbit MQ)
• Java
• Python
• Docker
• Kubernetes