{"id":13236,"date":"2018-02-09T09:05:43","date_gmt":"2018-02-09T08:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoware.it\/?p=13236\/"},"modified":"2018-02-09T09:20:22","modified_gmt":"2018-02-09T08:20:22","slug":"is-digitalization-different-from-mes-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.autoware.it\/en\/news\/is-digitalization-different-from-mes-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Is digitalization different from MES? (Part 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Standards need to be revised and updated to take into consideration how the landscape has changed. They are still useful for mapping processes, but cannot effectively capture the more fragmented and complex approach process description requires<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Part 1 of this discussion focused on how a good old-fashioned Manufacturing Execution System (MES)<\/strong> is still an effective way to enable a digital initiative. Here, we address some comments and concerns prompted from the first part.<\/p>\n

When a couple of months ago I wrote of MES and digitalization<\/a>, I was not expecting to receive so much feedback. It was a real surprise to read comments and ideas from people around the world\u2014consultants, end users and other system integrators. I probably touched on a sensitive topic.<\/p>\n

Over the past several months, I have been doing a lot of talking and writing about the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), digital technologies and digital transformation. Perhaps it created some confusion and people need more clarity<\/strong>. Or maybe people are eager go back to the better-known fundamentals. Or maybe the feeling is that we are forced to move to the next stage before we have completed or consolidated the previous one. Whatever the case, I\u2019ve been compelled to get back to the discussion, taking inspiration from some comments to try to clarify the situation better.<\/p>\n

One of the main reasons to do this is because the processes now have new users participating: the machines<\/strong>. Communication involves humans and machines at the same time, which requires a different approach.<\/strong> With information coming and going between the two, it needs to be coordinated differently than it has in the past. In some processes, communication between machines will be prevalent to humans. In others, it will be the opposite. These needs to be taken into account when designing the MES or MOM system\u2014to apply the correct technology but especially to guarantee that you are digitalizing an effective process.<\/p>\n

A new approach to standards definition needs to be found in order to harmonize the need to have widely accepted approaches without limiting the possibilities technical evolution provides<\/strong>. If standards will not adapt, there\u2019s a big risk to have many custom and niche solutions implemented that will show their limits when they will need to be integrated with others or simply evolved. Well accepted standards need to support and facilitate the design of \u201ctailored standard solutions,\u201d balancing the contrasting needs to customize the solution with the specific needs of the client using mostly out-of-the-box standardized functionalities. Only in this way will complex, multi-plant environments be managed consistently, guaranteeing at the same time to preserve the differences that create value in each of them.<\/p>\n

This is just some deeper thought on some points that were brought to my attention. There are several more that need to be analyzed. I will do it in a follow-up article.<\/p>\n

Find the full article on Automation World<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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