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Adaptive manufacturing solution

Enable flexible manufacturing

Reduce engineering efforts and optimize shop floor operations with configurable processes and small batch processing.

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Challenge
Product complexity is exponential growing. Customers want customized products with 24-hour delivery. Manufacturers need to reconcile this with fixed production lines that are adapted to high volume, standardized products. At the same time, manufacturers have to go to market faster, keep up with high quality standards and ensure cost-effectiveness.

Solution
This solution enables you to respond to market demands for customized products while optimizing operational efficiency so you remain cost-effective and go to market fast.

Optimize product to manufacturing performance

To reduce the challenges of running small batch production you need to leverage production engineering data to improve both production and the production engineering model.

Get started with a solution that empowers you to:

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1. Bring data to the edge

Gather information from engineering models

Seamlessly integrate and flow data from engineering to production. Efficiently bring PLM data and artifacts to the edge to execute on, match equipment capabilities or run live simulations.

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2. Plan assets for execution

Optimize Bill of Process (BOP) and plant layouts for production

Efficiently manage and integrate data across product and production lifecycle stages. Decouple BOP/BOM management from individual assets.

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3. Change production quickly

Accelerate BOP switches with short notice

Enable flexible, reconfigurable and autonomous manufacturing by scheduling, prioritizing and matching equipment operations and capabilities.

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4. Automate asset management

Match equipment operations and capabilities

Reduce engineering effort to map assets and capabilities to process steps.

Integrated end-to-end

Benefit from a broad portfolio of interoperable solutions that seamlessly integrate engineering and planning with production and run time in a closed-loop. Leverage deep data access and wide range of BOP structures.

Open and interoperable

Benefit from open technologies and interoperable solutions that make IT/OT integration easy and flexible. Unlock the full potential of data across product and production lifecycles, including the supply chain and partner network.

Cybersecure by design

From concept to deployment, our solutions are built with cybersecurity as a foundation. We adhere to the latest industry standards, such as ISO 27001 and IEC 62443, and continuously test for vulnerabilities.

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Learn how to get started with our adaptive manufacturing solutions.

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