Automation meets edge computing
Combining a scalable human-machine interface (HMI) system and supervisory control and data acquisition with additional edge functionality gives machine and plant designs a high degree of flexibility and adaptability to quickly react to changing market environments and maintain fast innovations cycles
https://www.controleng.com/articles/automation-meets-edge-computing/
edgecomputing, iiot, SCADA, cloudscada
production concepts for Industry 4.0 don’t rely on the classical automation pyramid anymore, instead they split production in smaller and flexible units which exchange data on many levels, this requires flexible and scalable human–machine interface (HMI) systems
-Production data everywhere + Continuous optimization