Connected and digital: GBO customers are ready for the future

MES Profi presents tried and tested solutions for efficient production in times of cloud applications and platform economy Augsburg, 12.4.2018 Die digitization presents medium-sized manufacturing companies with major challenges for which at least the media have simple solutions: Applications must go to the cloud, companies must adapt to the platform economy. Easier said than done, which is why the experts at gbo datacomp, one of the leading experts for comprehensive MES solutions, look behind the media hype and support manufacturing companies on their way to Industry 4.0 with individual solutions. The hype is particularly evident when it comes to the topic of “MES in the cloud.” The term platform economy in particular is only slightly used in industry, as recent surveys show. Platform-based applications can certainly have advantages for manufacturing companies. What these are depends on the respective requirements and goals of the individual company. This is where gbo datacomp comes in and, together with the customer - based on their individual digitization progress - develops tailor-made solutions on the way to a smart factory. Cloud-based applications are the central theme of the platform economy. For example, there are the first solutions on the market for manufacturing execution systems that are at least partially relocated to the data cloud, for example to provide pre-compressed data in the form of key figures on mobile devices. Sensitive process data, on the other hand, is not outsourced to the cloud - on the one hand due to security concerns, on the other hand, the “detour” via the cloud cannot (yet) provide data in real time. In return, there is simply a lack of computing power and in many places there is also a corresponding broadband connection. All these circumstances take into account the MES professionals from gbo datacomp when developing individual and scalable solutions for networked manufacturing. “We pick up the company where it is digitally and support it all the way to its destination,” says managing director Michael Möller. “It is important for us that we go down this path together with the customer. This is the only way we can successfully master the enormous challenges of digitization — and not with hyped, supposedly simple solutions. “Do you have any questions about cloud-based MES applications or are you looking for the right Industry 4.0 solution for your purposes? Then meet the experts from gbo datacomp at Hannover Messe at booth E11 in hall 7 (Digital Factory). We are looking forward to your visit.