TL;DR — OEE SaaS vs on-premise in 60 words SaaS for 80%+ of manufacturers: 30-50% lower TCO, no infrastructure management, automatic updates, 4-8 week deployment. On-premise justified only for defense/classified/air-gapped. Hybrid (edge + cloud) is best practice: edge...
TL;DR — OEE software vs MES in 60 wordsOEE specialist platforms (TeepTrak, MachineMetrics, Evocon) deploy in 4-8 weeks with edge sensor, cost 3-10× less than MES, and score higher on G2 usability (4.5+ vs 3.0-3.8). Choose MES (Plex, AVEVA, Siemens Opcenter) when you...
TL;DR — Unified Namespace for manufacturing in 60 words Unified Namespace (UNS) uses an MQTT broker as central hub for all plant data: OT (PLC, SCADA, OEE), IT (ERP, MES, CRM), and engineering (CAD, PLM). Sparkplug B provides standardized payload (birth/death...
TL;DR — OPC UA Companion Specifications in 60 words OPC UA Companion Specifications provide standardized information models for manufacturing domains: PackML (OMAC ISA-TR88 state model for packaging), ISA-95/B2MML (ERP-MES integration), Euromap 77/82/83 (plastics...
