Turn the potential of “opening up” into real benefits

MVME340 By bridging the gap between IT and OT through open automation, manufacturing and processing companies can achieve faster and more efficient productivity, while empowering their operations with the flexibility and intelligence to scale as needed and continuously improve to meet changing market demands. At present, Schneider Electric is committed to promoting the wide application of open automation in various industries, which has brought substantial business upgrades and benefits to many leading enterprises.

For example, with the help of Schneider Electric’s EcoStruxure open automation platform, a water recycling project at a large water treatment plant has reduced engineering time by 20%. It also helped a large manufacturer reduce capital expenditures by 35 percent and downtime by 25 percent by optimizing its smart warehousing operations. Based on “package and take” automated assets and digital twin technology, a smart refrigeration equipment company has MVME340 successfully reduced production time by 30%, achieving faster time-to-market and a higher return on investment. In addition, with the EcoStruxure open automation platform, a pioneer in the field of permanent carbon capture has not only increased production and scalability, but also significantly reduced engineering costs.

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In the face of the tide of open automation, rather than sit idly by and miss the opportunity, it is better to actively participate in promoting change with “open” capital. As an independent, non-profit association of users, suppliers and research institutions, MVME340 UniversalAutomation.org (UAO) is open to all companies or institutions willing to lead the automation revolution, advancing the shared source code implementation of the IEC 61499 standard. Relying on this open ecosystem independent of suppliers, enterprises can seize more business opportunities, but also achieve higher quality of their own technology upgrade and business innovation.

Now, open automation is opening up a whole new industrial world. We must work together, innovate boldly, work together to bring lasting and sustainable positive changes to the industry, and go to the industrial future of open automation!