Siemens’ whitepaper emphasizes the importance of collecting and standardizing heterogeneous shop floor data to optimize production efficiency. Modern manufacturing requires accessing real-time machine data—often siloed across different protocols and systems—to drive informed, data-based decisions. Solutions like Siemens Industrial Edge and SIMATIC WinCC V8 enable seamless data integration, aggregation, and contextualization across greenfield and brownfield environments. Field Data Enablement (FDE) further allows direct data access without impacting PLC performance. With centralized tools and scalable architectures, manufacturers can transform fragmented data into actionable insights, improving quality, efficiency, and flexibility in today’s competitive landscape.

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