Why Data Interoperability is the Right Choice for Industries of the Future
The interview introduces the need for data interoperability in relation to industrial automation, then discusses current barriers. The interview proposes the solution of separating industrial software components from hardware – creating an industrial automation app store. They then discuss initial steps in this direction with UniversalAutomation.org and “plug-and-produce operations” with Schneider’s Exostruxure Automation Expert.
Why it’s relevant to Nextspace
This is of interest to Nextspace Partners as although component apps does not achieve interoperability at an attribute level, the interview outlines real-world commercial need for industrial interoperability.
It also mentions a specific ROI on this limited interoperability – a case in India where a customer made “better use of his industrial assets thanks to data collection and analytics that improved engineering efficiency and increased production efficiency by 10%.”
