Closing the machine-to-cloud gap to jump-start digital transformation (MFG206)

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Overview of Digital Transformation Journey

  • Digital transformation is reshaping how businesses conduct manufacturing operations
  • The key driver is the vast amount of data being generated across engineering, design, smart factory operations, and smart product services
  • However, most of this data is not being utilized effectively to drive value

Challenges in the Digital Transformation Journey

The presenters identified five key challenges in enabling a successful digital transformation:

  1. Data Integration:

    • Dealing with legacy protocols, diverse asset classes, and various data formats
    • Requirement for real-time data processing and decision-making
  2. Data Contextualization:

    • Associating data with the right context, such as asset hierarchies and relationships
    • Generating meaningful information from raw data
  3. Edge Computing:

    • Balancing edge and cloud-based data processing and analytics
  4. Scalability:

    • Ability to scale across multiple asset classes and facilities without significant rework
  5. Security and Interoperability:

    • Ensuring secure data exchange and integration with enterprise applications

Defining a Modern Industrial Data Strategy

  • The key is to make the data and information interoperable for different applications and use cases
  • This allows reusing the effort put into data collection and organization for multiple applications

AWS IoT SiteWise: Enabling a Scalable Data Platform

  • AWS IoT SiteWise is designed to simplify the process of data collection, organization, and integration with various analytics services
  • It provides support for a wide range of protocols and secondary sensors, enabling seamless data ingestion from diverse asset classes

Rǣrig Pacific's Digital Transformation Journey

  • Rǣrig Pacific is a 111-year-old manufacturing company producing plastic containers and supply chain solutions
  • They faced challenges with legacy equipment, lack of connectivity, and siloed data across their facilities
  • Key principles in their approach:
    1. Comprehensive framework to connect maximum assets with minimal edge devices
    2. Ensuring data and network security at the core of the solution
    3. Maintaining a high degree of "data freedom" to avoid vendor lock-in

Rǣrig Pacific's Solution Architecture

  • Leveraged Belden's Horizon Data Operations platform to connect various assets (e.g., injection molding machines, PLCs, robots) using protocols like EuroMap 63, OPC UA, and MQTT
  • Utilized Cloud Rail for power monitoring and iLink sensors for secondary data collection
  • Integrated the data into AWS IoT SiteWise for contextualization and further processing
  • Built dashboards and integrated the data into their MES system for real-time visibility and analysis
  • Exploring use cases like predictive maintenance, digital work cell orchestration, and line comparison

Lessons Learned and the Path Forward

  • Digital transformation is more than just data collection and storage
  • It requires a holistic approach to enable interoperability, security, sustainability, and human-centric design
  • Rǣrig Pacific's journey showcases the importance of starting with a specific use case but building a scalable data platform architecture
  • The presenters also highlighted the value of AWS IoT SiteWise in enabling a modern industrial data strategy and showcased the new generative AI-powered assistant feature

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