A few years ago, I met Matthias Kühne , Head of Production and Innovation at Federtechnik Kaltbrunn AG . On the very first day after installing IndustryView SF, the digital twin of one of his coil spring production machines reported a previously undetected error. And this happened on the PC sitting on his desk. "Those are exactly the low-hanging fruit I'm talking about." With this statement, he significantly shaped the further development of our Smart Factory platform, IndustryView SF.




































For the digital transformation of production to gain momentum, companies need quick wins. Then employees will quickly follow suit. ViewSystems proves every day that digital twins with their own intelligence lead to the goal much faster than expensive, cumbersome, and inflexible ERP and MES solutions. Digital twins complement the physical machine, the product, the material, and the container. Every participant in the value chain becomes intelligent through algorithms, AI, continuous data exchange with the automation world, and networking with other process participants. While ERP and MES continue to control centrally, each digital twin takes matters into its own hands. This is precisely what is meant by the paradigm shift that the research group so emphatically described in its 2013 "Implementation Recommendations for Industry 4.0." IndustryView SF turns 100 machines into 100 planning systems. Therein lies the first crucial difference: Each machine plans and controls its own orders.

To ensure that this works as quickly as possible for every customer, we check the prerequisites in a joint video workshop and give tips on how to connect the machines and systems.

Our customers will harvest the first low-hanging fruit on the very first day after installing the Smart Factory platform Industrie View SF.