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Introduction to the OMP Manufacturing Reference Architecture

General Approach & Design Considerations

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May 13, 2021	1.0

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This document is a work product of the Open Manufacturing Platform - Manufacturing Reference Architecture Working Group, chaired by Martina Pickhardt (Microsoft) and co-chaired by Nils Jensen (PwC).

AUTHORS

Open Manufacturing Platform / Manufacturing Reference Architecture Working Group

CONTRIBUTORS

Contributer	Company
Alexandra Belata	VMWare
Lukas Birn	Capgemini
Chris Clayton	Microsoft
Nils Jensen	PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
Bernd Kammholz	VMware
Monica McDonnell	Teradata
Klaus Merk	Microsoft
Martina Pickhardt	Microsoft
Wolfram Richter	Red Hat
Jethro Ridl	Reply
Harald Ruckriegel	Red Hat
Michael Schuldenfrei	NI
Joachim Sprinz	ZF
Jürgen Vischer	Forcam

Table of Contents

• Introduction
  • Context
  • Intended Audience
• Approach
  • Vision and Mission
  • Scope and System Structure
• Manufacturing Characteristics
  • Distributed Data Generation
  • Distributed Decision Making
  • Cyber-physical Processes
  • Extreme Asset Diversity
  • Extreme System Diversity
  • Varying Response Time Requirements
  • Heterogenous Ecosystem
• Key challenges
  • From Initial Pilots to Scaled Adoption
  • Self-Funding Transformation
  • Lacking IT Skills
  • Sidecar vs. Rip-and-Replace Approach
  • Ambition Order of Magnitude
• Use Case Considerations for Architecture design
• Platform Capabilities
• Architecture Design Principles
  • Platform Agnostic and Open
  • Simplicity
  • Security-by-Design
  • The Edge is an Extension of the Centralized Compute Power
  • Information is the Center of Gravity
  • Cost is a Factor
  • Design for Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, and Compliance
• Conclusion
• Appendix
  • Definitions and Terms

Table of Figures

Figure 1: Overcome the Purdue ISA-95 model to build a smart manufacturing platform. - RAMI 4.0 inherited and evolved the standard IEC:62264 hierarchy

Figure 2: Data Flows and Use Cases are the main driver of the Manufacturing Reference Architecture

Figure 3: Scope of Manufacturing Reference Architecture

Figure 4: Example Use Case Themes supported by the Manufacturing Reference Architecture

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