In the future, this and other use cases-such as digital feedback loops, digital supply chain management and predictive maintenance-will be made available and, in fact, developed further within the OMP community. This use case has enabled the BMW Group to greatly simplify its logistics processes via central coordination of the transport system, creating greater logistics efficiency. One example is the company’s use of their IoT platform for the second generation of its autonomous transport systems in the BMW Group plant in Regensburg, Germany, one of 30 BMW Group production and assembly sites worldwide.

With currently over 3,000 machines, robots and autonomous transport systems connected with the BMW Group IoT platform, which is built on Microsoft Azure’s cloud, IoT and AI capabilities, the BMW Group plans to contribute relevant initial use cases to the OMP community. “Our commitment to building an open community will create new opportunities for collaboration across the entire manufacturing value chain.” “Microsoft is joining forces with the BMW Group to transform digital production efficiency across the industry,” said Scott Guthrie, executive vice president, Microsoft Cloud + AI Group. Utilizing industrial use cases and sample code, community members and other partners will have the capability to develop their own services and solutions while maintaining control over their data.

In addition to facilitating collaboration, this platform approach is designed to unlock and standardize data models that enable analytics and machine learning scenarios - data that has traditionally been managed in proprietary systems. The goal is to significantly accelerate future industrial IoT developments, shorten time to value and drive production efficiencies while addressing common industrial challenges.īuilt on the Microsoft Azure industrial IoT cloud platform, the OMP is intended to provide community members with a reference architecture with open source components based on open industrial standards and an open data model. The initiative is expected to support the development of smart factory solutions that will be shared by OMP participants across the automotive and broader manufacturing sectors. The Open Manufacturing Platform (OMP) is designed to break down these barriers through the creation of an open technology framework and cross-industry community. In manufacturing today, production and profitability can be hindered by complex, proprietary systems that create data silos and slow productivity. and the BMW Group announced a new community initiative to enable faster, more cost-effective innovation in the manufacturing sector. HANNOVER, Germany - ApToday, at Hannover Messe, Microsoft Corp. Manufacturers and suppliers, including companies from outside the automotive industry, will be encouraged to join the community.By the end of 2019, the goal is to have an initial set of four to six partners in place and a minimum of 15 use cases rolled out into select production environments.

Built on the Microsoft Azure industrial IoT cloud platform, the Open Manufacturing Platform is intended to provide a reference architecture with open source components based on open industrial standards and an open data model.

Utilizing industrial use cases and sample code, community members and partners will have the capability to develop their own services and solutions.

Technology framework and open community to share smart factory solutions across the automotive and manufacturing sectors to significantly accelerate future industrial IoT developments.Companies are partners in a new initiative to drive open industrial IoT development and help grow a community to build future Industry 4.0 solutions

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