Networking Production Systems & Production Resource Sharing

Challenges

Free production resources cost companies a lot of money, but at the same time cannot be made available to external companies without a major IT integration effort. If external production orders are accepted, they are associated with a high administrative planning effort. It is not possible to bring in the orders via a standardised communication interface.

Solution with IndustryFusion

The connection of machines to IndustryFusion-X and the associated unique identification of the machine creates a communication interface that can process production orders from the cloud in addition to maintenance tasks. The data can be provided and processed for all required software systems. Via this communication channel, standardised production orders can be assigned, produced and directly invoiced via the machine running time or material consumption. The administrative effort for planning, set-up and billing is eliminated for both the supplier and the user of the production resources. This connection creates a production network for the use of all free production resources without administrative or technical hurdles.

Benefits

Companies with free production resources can make them available to other users with little effort and thus reduce their monthly charges for unused machine time. The allocation of production resources takes place without additional administrative effort and should flow into the regular production process. Companies with small or limited machinery thus have the opportunity to map larger production orders or to produce individual parts that were previously not possible due to the smaller machinery.