Digitally Record Production Systems Economically and Securely

Production systems should become more flexible in production planning, function in a fully automated way at a maximum quality level and error protection, be communicatively reachable down to the smallest component, and optimally organize their own servicing and maintenance – and all this with as little human intervention as possible and maximum protection against dangerous Cyber attacks. Only how? In order to control processes, you have to be able to measure them. There is an old saying in measurement and control technology, “In the beginning was the measurement.” If entire production systems are supposed to be coordinated, then this applies not just to the control circuit and/or control loop, but also to the entire system environment.