Industry is driven by efficiency, only this makes it possible to assert competitive advantage in the global market. Many companies use Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) as a Key Performance Indicator (KPI). Currently the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is working on standardized definitions of KPIs for Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), based on VDMA 66412. The aim …
The trend towards greater flexibility in production system has impact on industrial communication. One of the challenges for future research and development is to simplify the connectivity between automation equipment (e.g. robot and machine tool). Still automation equipment is connected via digital inputs and outputs or fieldbus systems and configuration can only be done at considerable expens…