Software firm PTC has launched a selection of new manufacturing apps based on its ThingWorx Internet of Things (IoT) platform, designed to boost operational performance and simplify digital transformation.
The new role-based apps are fast to deploy and provide industrial companies with real-time operational intelligence to make more proactive and faster decisions, says the company.
Built on PTC’s ThingWorx platform, a purpose-built industrial IoT platform that includes technologies and tools that enable companies to rapidly develop, deploy and extend apps and augmented reality experiences, the apps are part of a new generation of Industrial IoT web/mobile applications, which include the ThingWorx Navigate app.
The apps work to unify data from enterprise business systems and the sensored physical world, and deliver user information and real-time insight in context for individual roles.
The collection includes the ThingWorx Controls Advisor, which gives controls engineers the ability to connect to and remotely visualise data from virtually any Programmable Logic Controller (PLC), IoT Gateway or connected asset; the ThingWorx Asset Advisor, which provides real-time visibility into the health and status of critical assets, and works to alert maintenance/service technicians to potential problems; and the ThingWorx Production Advisor, which unifies disparate sources of operational and business data, giving production managers real-time visibility into production status and critical KPIs such as availability, performance, quality and Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE).
The ThingWorx Production Advisor app also enables plant managers to monitor the real-time operational performance of the factory— all lines, all assets, with up-to-the-minute production status and performance KPIs.
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By GlobalData“We are at the precipice of the fourth industrial revolution and there is significant opportunity inherent in the physical-digital convergence of manufacturing operations,” says Howard Heppelmann, divisional general manager, connected operations solutions, PTC. “The launch of the new ThingWorx manufacturing apps continues PTC’s focus and investment in Industrial IoT, and gives manufacturers more tools to dramatically simplify their digital transformation and accelerate time-to-value.”
The ThingWorx manufacturing starter apps will be available via a free download and can be deployed in production in under one hour.
Earlier this week, PTC partnered with specialist developer ANSYS to develop a platform solution that enables digital simulation for its industrial IoT platform.
PTC and ANSYS develop digital simulation for IoT
