Learn about industrial applications
How do on-premise industrial applications transform your business?
With your operational technology (OT) assets already connected over a private wireless network or other connectivity layer, real-time data will be flowing from your machines, systems and assets. This data is your ticket to enable automation, improve situational awareness and empower your workers. To make it happen, we start with an on-premise compute edge solution which has high processing capacity, ensures data security and sovereignty and simplifies your overall operational set-up. Then you will need to deploy industrial applications – also known as “digitalization enablers” that assist with harvesting the data and analyzing it in real-time. With various applications running on the industrial edge you will be able to power your digital transformation use cases. In short, you can customize and configure your system to suit your unique business requirements.
What benefits does a rich set of digitalization enablers deliver for your business?
Enterprises across many industrial segments are looking to deploy use cases that make them more efficient, productive, safe, secure and sustainable. Many of the use cases that help them to achieve these goals fit into application categories such as: worker safety, connected worker, IIoT and digital twin, communications, video analytics, tracking and positioning, industrial and cloud connectors, robotics and mechatronics, security and more.
These applications can offer you actionable insights in real-time providing valuable benefits for your enterprise:
- IIoT and digital twin applications help you collect and aggregate massive amounts of data, including video, to provide advanced analytics such as preventive and predictive maintenance.
- Connected worker applications can help your workers securely communicate via voice, video and data or you can remotely train workers with multimedia knowledge transfer solutions.
- Worker safety applications provide remote machine operations, enhanced situational awareness through video analytics and alarming when a lone worker has an issue.
- Tracking and positioning applications help you find people and assets more quickly and help modify layouts of warehouses to increase efficiency.
Learn more about the applications that can support compelling Industry 4.0 use cases
Why is an on-premises edge solution needed for industry digitalization?
Introduction
Industry 4.0 brings opportunities for your enterprise to use your OT data to become more efficient, productive, safe and sustainable. However, heterogeneous environments often seen in brownfield sites add complexity, making it difficult for enterprises to extract value from their OT data. Multiple assets, devices, systems and industrial proprietary protocols (Profinet, Ethercat, etc…) create disparate data silos, making it difficult to access the OT data you need to achieve your digitalization goals and scale services across your enterprise. This complexity may become overwhelming, however, by leveraging the right foundation you can simplify and more rapidly advance your digital transformation journey.
On-premise edge
OT Edge DataOps
As-a-service offering
Industry 4.0 brings opportunities for your enterprise to use your OT data to become more efficient, productive, safe and sustainable. However, heterogeneous environments often seen in brownfield sites add complexity, making it difficult for enterprises to extract value from their OT data. Multiple assets, devices, systems and industrial proprietary protocols (Profinet, Ethercat, etc…) create disparate data silos, making it difficult to access the OT data you need to achieve your digitalization goals and scale services across your enterprise. This complexity may become overwhelming, however, by leveraging the right foundation you can simplify and more rapidly advance your digital transformation journey.
To create this solid foundation, we recommend implementing an on-premises edge solution like Nokia MX Industrial Edge that can connect all your industrial assets and translate communication protocols between north and southbound directions, forwarding data to where it is required by use cases across your industrial site. Equally as important, this will allow data to be processed closer to where it is generated so you can act upon insights in real-time. The lower latency, higher processing power, security and resilience enabled by a mission critical edge also provides a foundation for advanced analytic applications including video analytics, AI and digital twins.
Using AI and achieving data-driven operational excellence requires modern enterprise data architecture, where edge computing provides readily usable data for use cases on the edge and cloud and is enabled by open ecosystems. Ecosystem solutions must be easy to integrate and make data lifecycle management effortless for different phases and players, ensuring seamless transfer and interpretation of data, metadata and its meaning. An open platform that drives industry standards with open APIs and interoperability facilitates fast innovation and solutions that are repeatable and replicable. Learn more about OT Edge DataOps.
By adopting edge applications through our as-a-service model, you will also benefit from automated provisioning and lifecycle management.
How does ecosystem neutrality play a role in your digital transformation?
Innovation in industrial applications comes from many different players in the market. This is why an ecosystem neutral approach to applications is important - to ensure that you can customize and configure your systems to suit your unique business requirements. It also means you don’t have to deploy a new platform every time you want to implement a new use case.