Over past decades industrial IT evolved separately in the field automation and office automation domains. Nowadays increasing complexity of manufacturing requires more advanced control, which can be achieved only by integrating these, formerly separated, areas. This article focuses on two aspects of such integration: communication-related, interconnecting networks of different kinds, and functional, establishing a link between business and manufacturing processes.
Büro- und industrielle Automation entwickelten sich – die letzten Jahrzehnte betrachtend – weitgehend getrennt von einander. Die steigende Komplexität heutiger Fertigungsprozesse legt höher entwickelte Steuerungen nahe, die nur durch eine sinnvolle Verbindung dieser bis dato getrennten Domänen erreicht werden können. Dieser Artikel behandelt zwei wichtige Aspekte dieser Zusammenführung: die auf Kommunikation bezogene Verbindung unterschiedlicher Netzwerke sowie den Lückenschluss zwischen Geschäfts- und Fertigungsprozessen.
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Lobashov, M., Bratukhin, A., Sauter, T. et al. Vertical integration in distributed automation environment. Elektrotech. Inftech. 123, 166–171 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00502-006-0339
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