Collaboration Hub

A collaborative workspace for MES developers and technical teams.

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Collaboration Hub

A collaborative workspace for MES developers and technical teams.

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A smarter way to build and deploy MES projects

The Collaboration Hub is a cloud-based workspace that connects every stakeholder involved in the development of Critical Manufacturing MES. By bringing people, tools, and environments together and automating the entire CI/CD lifecycle, the platform eliminates friction, accelerates delivery, and ensures consistent deployments across teams, sites, and infrastructures.

Built to support the growing need for joint delivery across Critical Manufacturing teams, partners, and customers, Collaboration Hub provides the shared structure, tools, and automation modern MES projects require.

Everything you need to build, test, and deploy MES projects efficiently

Designed for manufacturers, partners, and integrators who need a structured, reliable, and scalable way to collaborate on MES implementations.

With Collaboration Hub you get:

  • Shared visibility and alignment across all contributors
  • Standardized project handover and governance
  • Automated build, test, and deployment processes
  • Faster cycles, fewer errors, and higher-quality outcomes

Whether you are managing multiple projects or a single multisite MES implementation, Collaboration Hub organizes code, environments, and pipelines to keep every team aligned.

The foundation for seamless collaboration

MES projects involve contributors with different roles, levels of involvement, and responsibilities. Collaboration Hub ensures they all work inside one controlled, shared environment.
It supports a structured role model, from Readers and Stakeholders to Contributors and Developer. Ensuring each participant has the right level of access and responsibility.

A platform built for teamwork:

  • Centralized workspace for developers, contributors, stakeholders, and readers
  • Cloud-hosted MES environments for fast validation
  • Shared backlogs, work items, and repositories through Azure DevOps
  • Standardized access permissions for security and clarity

Fully automated development and deployment

At the core of Collaboration Hub is a powerful CI/CD engine that automates the entire path from code to production, whether running in the cloud, on-premises, or hybrid environments.

It orchestrates source code, work items, cloud environments, build servers, package repositories, and deployment pipelines into one unified workflow, ensuring every step flows seamlessly from development to customer deployment

Key capabilities:

DevBox

A ready-to-use cloud development environment with all required tools preconfigured.

Automated CI/CD pipelines

Every code change triggers build, test, and deployment steps automatically.

Hosted MES environments

Always up to date, always accessible for immediate feedback.

DevOps center integration

Ensures consistent deployments at scale, across global sites.

Package repository

Secure, versioned storage for deployment artifacts.

Project roles​

Define roles and permissions for everyone involved, from viewers to core contributors actively developing the solution.

Built to handle complexity at any scale

Whether your organization manages multiple projects or a single multisite MES implementation, Collaboration Hub scales with you.

For large global operations:

  • Multi-project support with dedicated environments and pipelines
  • Seamless promotion of packages from development to QA to production
  • Automated deployment across customer premises and cloud environments
  • Standardized processes across all teams, partners, and integrators

This allows Critical Manufacturing teams, partners, and customers to collaborate confidently across distributed teams and environments.

Designed for regulated and high-reliability industries

Compliance-ready features include:

Quality checks and tests run automatically with every change, helping catch issues early and reduce manual validation effort.

Automatically generate validation documentation to support audits and compliance requirements with minimal manual work.

Built-in templates link requirements, changes, and tests, ensuring full traceability throughout the MES project lifecycle.

Optional subscription packages designed to meet the needs of regulated environments, including quality and validation support.

More about Collaboration Hub...

MES & Industry 4.0 Summit
Collaboration Hub: Streamlining MES Development with Integrated DevOps

By Adélio Fernandes and César Meira, Critical Manufacturing

Blog
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