Porto, Portugal, April 21, 2016 – Critical Manufacturing has taken a more radical stance than many other Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) providers in proclaiming the need for a new breed of MES to support Industry 4.0. In fact, with the releasing of cmNavigo 4.3, exemplifies this approach by introducing functionalities like visual KPI widgets and advanced mapping specifically designed to address the demands of Industry 4.0 manufacturing.
Rather than gloss over the enormous differences in the plant floor information environment in the Industry 4.0 vision of the future, this solution provider is drilling into them. To explain this viewpoint, the company is delivering a number of Industry 4.0 educational opportunities.
The audience for the infographic is the broadest, as it provides an overview. The webcast is ideal for executives and other line of business leaders. The white paper has various sections for various audiences.
The most in-depth of these educational resources is the white paper. It details what Industry 4.0 is, its benefits, the role of MES, the characteristics that MES must have to support cyber-physical systems (CPS), and a path toward this vision. This paper can serve as a primer for those studying Industry 4.0 or those considering what their manufacturing software will need to do to support this vision. The authors describe the various aspects such as CPS and cyber-physical production systems (CPPS) that will form a marketplace in the plant as the enabling technologies. They also outline the requirements for software with specific details of what is needed to support decentralization, vertical and horizontal integration, connectivity, sensing and mobile, cloud, and advanced analytics.
“As autonomous smart materials, products and production systems (CPS and CPPS) become a marketplace on the plant floor, a traditional centralized UI-focused MES will not be effective, not even for compliance, optimization and monitoring. Industry 4.0 is inherently decentralized and highly automated. Manufacturing software must respect that or the gains will not accrue as envisioned,” said Francisco Almada Lobo, CEO, Critical Manufacturing.
Critical Manufacturing empowers high performance operations for some of the most advanced manufacturers worldwide with innovative software technology and advanced services. Its new generation Manufacturing Execution System (MES) is an Industry 4.0 centerpiece, incorporating all necessary integration, mobile, connectivity and logical decentralization features. This deep, unified system increases performance, control and quality for complex manufacturing operations. The company is part of the Critical Group, a private group of companies founded in 1998 to provide solutions for mission and business critical information systems.
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Anna Zieba
Critical Manufacturing
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