
Making MES fit for Industry 4.0
The new Sheet 7 of VDI Guideline 5600, which MPDV experts were involved in creating, shows where a classic MES needs to improve.
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The new Sheet 7 of VDI Guideline 5600, which MPDV experts were involved in creating, shows where a classic MES needs to improve.

MPDV has appointed three new heads to the management board as part of the company succession - and the family tradition of the manufacturing IT provider is also being continued.

BDE and MES software from Cosmino
In shaping production processes such as casting or pressing, several and above all different articles are produced per process and cycle. Cosmino's PDA and MES software is also prepared for such manufacturing processes.
An OPC UA machine connection in combination with a powerful MES from Proxia allows Ostlangenberg Fertigungstechnik to record all relevant machine and operating data from its machining centers and visualize it in real time.

Interoperability between systems
MPDV has been a member of the Open Industry 4.0 Alliance since the beginning of the year. The members of the alliance are committed to an open ecosystem and undertake to ensure interoperability between systems.

Viastore Software and its partner MPDV Mikrolab will be presenting innovative Industry 4.0 solutions.

PTC, EOS and Link3D announce their collaboration at Formnext 2019. The aim is to provide a scalable production quality solution for EOS industrial 3D printing systems using augmented reality and MES.

Proxia in the Adaption research project
Proxia Software is involved in the "Adaption" project, in which a self-assessment tool and a model for the step-by-step procedure for migrating to the cyber-physical production system for SMEs was developed. The aim: to support the implementation of I4.0 technologies.
Manufacturing Execution System
The rapid developments in industry are bringing with them a wealth of new opportunities and paths. After Industry 4.0, another term, Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), has now become firmly established in people's minds - and is already providing concrete examples of implementation.

Expansion of market access for...
MPDV, a provider of IT solutions for the smart factory, has so far been active in the discrete manufacturing sector. By incorporating the Felten Group into the MPDV Group, the Mosbach-based software provider is now also gaining access to process manufacturing companies.