PETpla.net Insider 04 / 2020

DIGITALISATION PETplanet Insider Vol. 21 No. 04/20 www.petpla.net 12 The customer can here choose between the following services:  Connect - The Connect Module serves as a central node and a dig- ital twin for all information relevant to production.  Watchdog - This module serves to keep an eye on particular data points. In the event of a possible limit value violation, a message will immediately go to the employees responsible, who can then react at an early stage, and initiate the req- uisite action on the basis of action recommendations.  Assistance - This application en- ables all maintenance jobs to be managed, monitored and docu- mented. Assistance is subdivided into two other modules: Mainte- nance, for setting up and manag- ing maintenance and repair orders, and Components, for managing and ordering maintenance-relevant spare parts.  Performance - This is used to visu- alise all KPIs in realtime. The user receives an overview of the units produced or also status information on production and downtimes. This information is additionally output- ted in a machine report which also contains standstill classi fi cations, and an accumulated loss display using a waterfall diagram. Perfor- mance records machine standstills occurring, and arranges them in different categories. As soon as the same malfunction is being docu- mented too frequently, the records can be used to identify the causes involved, to remedy malfunctions, and to avoid downtimes. The various services provide the client with a complete overview of his production operation. He receives complete transparency, enabling him to identify optimisation potentials, so as to upgrade quality and productivity, and reduce his costs. Thanks to cen- tralised data storage in the Cloud, this information can be viewed at any time and from any location only by himself and his employees. Data sovereignty versus digitalisation For many companies, however, digitalisation poses a de fi nite chal- lenge, particularly in regard to pro- tecting their own data. The fact that valuable, crucial knowledge is not being stored on the fi rms’ own serv- ers creates quite a bit of scepticism. The decision-makers feel themselves to be facing a dilemma: data sover- eignty versus production of the future. “Many customers are wondering why ever they should want to store their data in a Cloud. But there are some very good reasons for this. Firstly, it renders the information accessible at any time and at any location, and thus secures a higher level of data availability through a fail-safe hosting network, and in addition they can save substantial capital investment and maintenance costs. Within the existing IT landscape, it’s true, fast computing operations can indeed be performed, but complex data science models, by contrast, require very substantial computing power and central process- ing units. These are often unavailable locally,” explains Severin Diepold, Managing Director of Syskron X and responsible for the Syskron Cloud Solutions. “And not least, the Cloud meets more stringent, more contem- porary security standards, through redundant backups and updates, for instance, than a company can itself guarantee.” This is why the choice of a suitable Cloud computing provider had to meet maximally stringent security stipula- tions. The fi rm ultimately selected proved to be Amazon Web Services (AWS), who scored highly with a strict compliance programme, security audits and certi fi cations (including ISO 27017, SOC 2 or C5 [Germany]). www.krones.com By developing Share2Act, Syskron has created a multi-client-capability platform in which machines from different manufacturers can be linked and imaged, while providing many functionalities that are offered in classical MES suites.