Short time-to-market
- Respond dynamically to changing requirements, even during the production phase
- Test machinery and machine modules offline before delivery using decentralized logic
- Rapid design phase through reuse of existing modules
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On the road to success with decentralized automation
Leverage a team of specialists to reach your goals faster, stay agile and adapt quickly to change.
Time to set sail: the future of automation has begun
A well-established team of competent people is often more efficient than a strictly hierarchical organization. If everyone knows their goals and tasks, then a central figure in charge doesn't need to make all the decisions.
Efficiently automated machines and plants minimize costs, ensure product quality and ensure high availability in production. Break down rigid hierarchies and shift competencies to the local level. Decentralized automation also reduces commissioning and time-to-market, and simplifies the expansion or relocation of production resources. Modularize your plants and machines and see how much freedom this gives your production.
Decentralized automation: the benefits to you
Decentralized: the next evolution in automation
Until now, automation has been dominated by hierarchies and long decision-making paths, but the levels are becoming increasingly permeable.
Sensors that detect machine wear themselves, RFID tags that tell the machine whether it is configured correctly for the next work step and what it then has to do, or an I/O module that decides independently to operate an actuator: the present and future of automation can no longer be located in the levels of the classic automation pyramid. Decentralized pre-processing reduces machine data to valuable information and thus lays the foundation for a new era of automation.
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Dive deeper with our white paper "Modular plant concepts"
This whitepaper explores the world of decentralized automation and highlights the opportunities offered by decentralized solutions for mechanical engineering and logistics.
