Minimizing downtime, reducing errors, increasing security in automated environments thanks to better data management: because effectively preventing production downtime with intelligent monitoring is now a necessity.
For those responsible for managing production facilities, it is essential that the machines continue to function. Continuity and reliability are the top priority when it comes to operations. The ongoing trend towards digitalisation promises companies enormous potential in terms of increasing flexibility and efficiency: it offers companies the ability to digitally automate, manage, monitor and map their production facilities, as well as optimize production plans. maintenance and automatically manage project data. Production interruptions can be detected in real time and manual errors are avoided thanks to automation. Added to this is the (potential) benefit of smaller batch sizes, better resource utilization and reduced disruption.
While the benefits are numerous, the implementation of digitalised, software-driven processes and machinery also brings with it a number of unique challenges and vulnerabilities, which in turn require new solutions: cyber attacks and cyber incidents for example are often responsible for downtime of production. Protecting yourself from these attacks is imperative when it comes to protecting and ensuring production continuity. In addition to the dangers posed by cyber threats, the overall increasing complexity of operational technology only increases numerous established risks to manufacturing, including defects, variations and supply chain disruption. When downtime occurs, the number of parts a machine handles per hour, as well as unit costs and contractual penalties can impact the overall cost of downtime.
- Facilitate continuity, transparency and management of technical know-how
- Get complete transparency
- All resources managed in one system
- Automatic backups
- Training, documentation and onboarding
Read the complete article we wrote for the Automazione Plus Special.
The article is an extract from the whitepaper “Effectively prevent production downtime with intelligent monitoring” by AUVESY-MDT, download the full white paper: https://auvesy-mdt.com/en/whitepaper/head-of-production