OT and IT in smart factories Rockwell Automation unifies edge and cloud for manufacturing execution

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Rockwell Automation announced the availability of Factory Talk Resilient Edge, a next-generation execution architecture designed to support autonomous manufacturing operations across highly-automated environments.

With Rockwell Automation's Factory Talk Resilient Edge, users have an accessible and unified execution layer.(Source:  Rockwell Automation)
With Rockwell Automation's Factory Talk Resilient Edge, users have an accessible and unified execution layer.
(Source: Rockwell Automation)

Built on Factory Talk Optix and integrated across Rockwell Automation's portfolio, including Plex Manufacturing Execution System (MES), Rockwell Automation’s new Factory Talk Resilient Edge creates a single execution layer that spans machines, people and production systems. The platform delivers predictable, low-latency execution at the edge along with cloud capabilities that enable analytics, Artificial Intelligence (AI) training and enterprise orchestration. The combination of edge and cloud means that operations are continuous even if connectivity is lost.

Factory Talk Resilient Edge turns advanced manufacturing capabilities into a standard operating infrastructure by unifying plant models, connectivity, execution and intelligence into a single framework. Within the execution architecture, users will find a variety of new features: shared production model, native and interoperable connectivity, real-time edge execution with embedded business logic, cloud-scale analytics, and AI. The result is an execution system that eliminates the divide between Operational Technology (OT) and Information Technology (IT), dramatically reducing the complexity of deploying and evolving modern manufacturing operations.

“At a time when 95 percent of manufacturers are advancing AI and machine learning initiatives, Factory Talk Resilient Edge enables a new class of manufacturing execution,” said Anthony Murphy, vice president of product management, Rockwell Automation. “Manufacturers can scale automation, intelligence, and autonomy across their operations while preserving the economic and scalability advantages of the cloud, helping manufacturers deploy faster and lower their total cost of ownership.”

Modern automation initiatives require reliable execution, structured data flow and scalable architecture as the foundation for advanced analytics and AI initiatives. Factory Talk Resilient Edge delivers a resilient execution layer that supports advanced analytics, AI and closed-loop optimization without compromising plant-level performance.

The new solution helps manufacturers modernize operations by improving operational resiliency, optimized for Rockwell Automation ecosystems while remaining open and interoperable across heterogeneous production environments. The security, interoperability and scalability of the new offering is a testament to Rockwell's elastic MES solutions.

By reducing integration complexity, centralizing monitoring and supporting modular scalability, Factory Talk Resilient Edge can lower lifecycle costs and accelerate deployment. Its capabilities can be deployed as needed, supporting companies who phase their modernization strategy.

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