{"id":116153,"date":"2024-04-17T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-17T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/?p=116153"},"modified":"2024-04-17T07:40:19","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T14:40:19","slug":"optimizing-factory-operations-with-microsoft-cloud-for-manufacturing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/manufacturing-and-mobility\/2024\/04\/17\/optimizing-factory-operations-with-microsoft-cloud-for-manufacturing\/","title":{"rendered":"Optimizing factory operations with Microsoft Cloud for Manufacturing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Manufacturing is an industry known for generating data from a wide variety of sources. From machines and sensors to enterprise systems and human interactions, companies create massive amounts of siloed data that remains an untapped resource, limiting the potential for data-driven advancements and agility. Data fragmentation created by proprietary formats and lack of interoperability makes it difficult to achieve cross-domain applications of data. Along with technological factors, complex physical factors exist as well. Factory productivity can be disrupted by outages, accidents, issues with quality control, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To address these challenges and help manufacturers work towards digital maturity, we are announcing <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/guided-tour.azurewebsites.net\/en-us\/guidedtour\/manufacturing\/enable-intelligent-factories\/1\/1\">manufacturing data solutions in Microsoft Fabric<\/a><\/strong>, and copilot template for <strong>factory operations on Azure AI<\/strong>, available in private preview. These solutions enable manufacturers to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ingest and unify data directly from diverse sources across the factory ecosystem.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Standardize and enrich data according to the International Society of Automation (ISA-95) model for seamless interoperability.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Utilize custom copilots for querying data through conversational interfaces.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-msxcm-cta-block\" data-moray data-bi-an=\"CTA Block\">\n\t<div class=\"card d-block mx-ng mx-md-0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row no-gutters material-color-brand-light bg-fabric-white\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"d-flex col-md\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-body align-self-center p-4 p-md-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Microsoft Cloud for Manufacturing<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mb-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Address your most challenging digital transformation initiatives<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"link-group\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/industry\/manufacturing\/microsoft-cloud-for-manufacturing?ef_id=_k_dea3be5ab37f15466903d843fac092cd_k_&#038;OCID=AIDcmm78hj8kad_SEM__k_dea3be5ab37f15466903d843fac092cd_k_&#038;msclkid=dea3be5ab37f15466903d843fac092cd\" class=\"btn btn-link text-decoration-none p-0\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Explore capabilities <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"glyph-append glyph-append-chevron-right glyph-append-xsmall\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/MSC17_tubeForgingPlant_009-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"card-img img-object-cover\" alt=\"Frontline workers manufacture welding fittings for commercial construction applications.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/MSC17_tubeForgingPlant_009-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/MSC17_tubeForgingPlant_009-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/MSC17_tubeForgingPlant_009-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/MSC17_tubeForgingPlant_009.jpg 1061w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"optimize-production-with-manufacturing-data-solutions-in-microsoft-fabric\">Optimize production with manufacturing data solutions in Microsoft Fabric<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Manufacturing data solutions in Fabric allows users to maximize the value of factory data and uncover operational insights for production optimization. This is accomplished by unifying information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) data into an open and secure data platform. Organizations can realize further benefits by getting manufacturing data ready for AI by enriching it with semantic context that follows an industry standard ISA-95 information model.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Edge-to-Data-Solutions-for-Manufacturing_Final.webp\" alt=\"Factory edge to manufacturing data solutions in Microsoft Fabric reference architecture diagram. Ingest, normalize, and contextualize Factory edge data in Azure IoT Operations, Azure Data Gateway, or connectors such as Litmus or GE Proficiency. Data moves into the customer tenant using Microsoft Fabric pipelines and Microsoft Azure pipelines.\" class=\"wp-image-116349 webp-format\" srcset=\"\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Edge-to-Data-Solutions-for-Manufacturing_Final.webp\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/microsoft-fabric\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fabric enables customers<\/a> to accelerate time to insight generation by unifying, enriching, and modeling manufacturing data in Fabric. The solution ingests data from a variety of sources such as factory-domain data from sensors, systems of record like manufacturing execution system (MES) and enterprise resource planning (ERP), and industrial automation applications. The data is then stored on <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/fabric\/onelake\/onelake-overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Microsoft Fabric One Lake<\/a> for unification, enrichment, modeling, and aggregation. This unified data provides a scalable and repeatable pattern to tackle all factory-domain data projects, accelerating the pace of innovation, freeing up IT resources, and maximizing the value of an organization\u2019s technology investments.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Customers can extract the full value of their factory data and existing manufacturing solutions landscape using manufacturing data solutions in Fabric. For example, a production supervisor conducting a root cause analysis to determine a correlation between material batches, machine utilization, and quality issues might spend weeks manually aggregating data from several systems and require IT support. With manufacturing data solutions in Fabric, the supervisor has quick access to contextualized data for analysis, completing it in hours instead of weeks. This saves valuable time and immediately provides insights that increase agility and innovation.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"increase-agility-with-copilot-template-for-factory-operations-on-azure-ai\">Increase agility with copilot template for factory operations on Azure AI<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Creating a unified data lake with manufacturing data solutions in Fabric is essential to optimize AI capabilities. Copilots can enhance responsiveness and streamline communication across teams and roles. We are building an industry-specific augmentation loop to help partners and customers use the <a href=\"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/microsoft-copilot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Microsoft Copilot<\/a> stack more quickly with out-of-the-box prompt templates, connectors, and skills all packaged as a standard plugin. Customers can then use natural language to get timely and accurate data from complex systems like MES, quality management system (QMS), and supply planning with minimal effort.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With copilot template for factory operations on <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/solutions\/ai\/?ef_id=_k_75bb96c0334c1577c9f5f0d97ba0d767_k_&amp;OCID=AIDcmm5edswduu_SEM__k_75bb96c0334c1577c9f5f0d97ba0d767_k_&amp;msclkid=75bb96c0334c1577c9f5f0d97ba0d767#overview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Azure AI<\/a>, a production supervisor for example, can open a custom chatbot and quickly query the data in a conversational way&nbsp;and identify quality issues in minutes instead of hours.&nbsp;The copilot template is a managed application in the customer-tenant, offering organizations full visibility and control of their data.&nbsp;The template features the latest Microsoft technologies such as Azure AI models, <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/semantic-kernel\/overview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Semantic Kernel<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/products\/ai-services\/ai-search\/?ef_id=_k_6e7e2cbc1d19183af1ce4aa579e2f249_k_&amp;OCID=AIDcmm5edswduu_SEM__k_6e7e2cbc1d19183af1ce4aa579e2f249_k_&amp;msclkid=6e7e2cbc1d19183af1ce4aa579e2f249\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Azure Cognitive Search<\/a>, and is extended through the Microsoft third-party independent software vendor (ISV) ecosystem.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"microsoft-cloud-for-manufacturing-partner-ecosystem\">Microsoft Cloud for Manufacturing Partner ecosystem<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Microsoft\u2019s partner ecosystem with its deep industry expertise extends Microsoft Cloud for Manufacturing offerings. Systems integrators and ISVs are enabling factory data ingestion from different systems by building custom or proprietary connectors into Fabric: embedding the solution capabilities into their applications or building custom UI experiences for the copilot templates on Azure AI.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"accenture-and-avanade-manufacturing-data-solutions-in-fabric-and-copilot-template-on-azure-ai\">Accenture and Avanade\u2014Manufacturing data solutions in Fabric and copilot template on Azure AI&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Empowering customers to unlock the full potential of their factory data, Accenture and Avanade collaborated on the development of the Avanade Manufacturing copilot, powered by manufacturing data solutions in Fabric, which facilitates innovation, operational efficiency, and data-driven decision-making. By leveraging data from various sources, such as MES, programmable logic controllers (PLCs), sensors, and ERP, the copilot enables seamless querying and generation of insights in natural language for factory workers.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As leading global system integrators and trusted private preview implementation partners for Microsoft Cloud for Manufacturing, Accenture and Avanade are spearheading the delivery of manufacturing data solutions and copilot templates. With expertise in integrating key Microsoft technologies, like Fabric and <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/products\/ai-services\/openai-service\/?ef_id=_k_8964c43ca1001c3d0322a225c7c022a7_k_&amp;OCID=AIDcmm5edswduu_SEM__k_8964c43ca1001c3d0322a225c7c022a7_k_&amp;msclkid=8964c43ca1001c3d0322a225c7c022a7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Azure OpenAI Service<\/a>, and collaborating across the broader ISV ecosystem, Accenture and Avanade stand at the forefront of driving digital transformation in the manufacturing sector.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote blockquote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote blockquote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>\u201cAvanade Manufacturing copilot, powered by manufacturing data solutions in Microsoft Fabric, can help AI systems understand data from diverse OT-IT systems that manage complex manufacturing supply chains, processes, equipment, and product ranges in near real-time. With our graph-of-graphs approach to knowledge management and the open ISA-95 standard, we\u2019re able to supercharge the ask-an-expert capabilities of Microsoft Copilot. This is vital in an era of labor and skills shortages, rising production targets, and the need to cut costs and carbon emissions.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<cite><em>\u2014Brendan Mislin, General Manager, Avanade Industry X<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more about Accenture and Avanade Manufacturing copilot offerings, <a href=\"https:\/\/appsource.microsoft.com\/en-us\/marketplace\/consulting-services\/avanadeinc.ava_manfcopilot-preview?flightCodes=65cc8e6d7eae4becbb8eb605ea379adf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">visit their AppSource page<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"sight-machine-manufacturing-data-platform-and-factory-copilot-on-microsoft-cloud-for-manufacturing\">Sight Machine Manufacturing Data Platform and Factory CoPilot on Microsoft Cloud for Manufacturing<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Sight Machine\u2019s Manufacturing Data Platform (MDP) helps global manufacturers unlock the power of industrial data to increase profitability, productivity, and sustainability. Sight Machine makes it easy to integrate contextualized production data in Fabric. With its data and analytics tools, Sight Machine&#8217;s MDP enables companies to combine and analyze contextualized manufacturing data with financial, supply chain, ERP, and MES data. This allows for unprecedented levels of knowledge and enterprise-wide insight.\u202fSight Machine\u2019s Factory CoPilot leverages Microsoft factory operations copilot template on Azure AI to provide conversational querying of the data within the UI of the Factory CoPilot. This enables plant managers and quality engineers to interact with the data to uncover insights faster and accelerate issue resolution.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote blockquote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote blockquote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>\u201cUntil now, industrial companies have been unable to incorporate their manufacturing data as a full citizen of their data estates.<\/em><em> <\/em><em>With Sight Machine on Microsoft Cloud for Manufacturing, companies can optimize production scheduling globally, determine which equipment is best at fulfilling an order, know which lines are at highest risk of going down, see the status of orders, and determine when to re-route them to another facility. It has never been possible to do this in a truly data-driven way.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<cite><em>\u2014Jon Sobel, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Sight Machine&nbsp;<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about Sight Machine solutions on Microsoft Cloud for Manufacturing, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/azuremarketplace.microsoft.com\/en-us\/marketplace\/apps\/sightmachineinc1586206551958.sight-machine?tab=Overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Azure Marketplace<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"litmus-automation-connector\">Litmus Automation connector<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In the dynamic landscape of industrial operations, Litmus stands at the forefront of data management, offering an advanced DataOps platform that seamlessly operates at the edge. With the ability to swiftly extract, normalize, and model data along with metadata, Litmus Edge empowers enterprises with edge data expertise. Paired with manufacturing data solution in Fabric, this collaboration pioneers a transformative approach, enabling the establishment of a robust hybrid edge-to-cloud infrastructure. From streamlining real-time machine dashboards to facilitating advanced machine learning, the synergy between Litmus and manufacturing data solutions in Fabric unlocks unprecedented efficiency and innovation, seamlessly bridging the gap between edge and cloud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more about Litmus solutions on Microsoft Cloud for Manufacturing, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/azuremarketplace.microsoft.com\/en-us\/marketplace\/apps\/litmusautomation1582760223280.lem_litmus_azure?tab=Overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Azure Marketplace.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"aveva-connect-industrial-intelligence-platform-integrated-with-microsoft-cloud-for-manufacturing\">AVEVA Connect Industrial Intelligence Platform, integrated with Microsoft Cloud for Manufacturing<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>AVEVA is collaborating with Microsoft on extending AVEVA\u2019s Industrial AI Assistant to showcase how generative AI enhances supply chain production planning and plant floor production. It helps with scheduling, improving operational efficiency, and decision making in plants and across the supply chain.\u202fUsing AVEVA\u2019s Industrial Intelligence Platform, CONNECT, and Microsoft Cloud for Manufacturing, AVEVA unifies and contextualizes production execution data and supply chain production planning data in Fabric. AVEVA\u2019s Industrial AI Assistant provides a seamless conversational experience, through a copilot template on Azure AI, that empowers plant floor and supply chain employees with valuable insights to resolve issues and accelerate decision-making activities.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CONNECT unifies an organization&#8217;s industrial ecosystem in a single, secure platform\u2014helping users do more with industrial data, driving digital transformation in real time with powerful intelligence and robust insights.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Users can easily access software as a service (SaaS) capability through CONNECT to create an industrial hybrid architecture that offers the robustness of on-premises industrial applications with the scale and accessibility of cloud. With CONNECT, companies can engineer smarter and operate better with an open and neutral industrial cloud platform. Organizations can promote sustainable growth by achieving transformation faster, reducing costs, and optimizing at scale. Lastly, manufacturers can connect their business to their ecosystem of partners and accelerate time to value using proven industrial expertise.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"rockwell-automation-s-plex-on-microsoft-cloud-for-manufacturing\">Rockwell Automation\u2019s Plex on Microsoft Cloud for Manufacturing<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Rockwell is collaborating with Microsoft Cloud for Manufacturing to introduce natural language copilot experiences within <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockwellautomation.com\/en-us\/products\/software\/factorytalk\/operationsuite\/mes\/plex-quality-management-system.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Plex<\/a>. These innovations aim to streamline quality issue resolution through corrective actions and root cause analysis.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Corrective action teams often struggle with accessing the correct data and determining root cause. With today\u2019s high workforce attrition, the ability to generate insights and share knowledge about a problem or process is also key. Leveraging Microsoft AI capabilities, Rockwell\u2019s Plex Smart Manufacturing Platform will accelerate the resolution of customer complaints by swiftly identifying root causes and accessing critical data for corrective actions.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay tuned as Rockwell and Microsoft drive innovation in quality management for manufacturing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote blockquote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote blockquote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>\u201cWith the integration of Rockwell\u2019s Plex Smart Manufacturing Platform with FactoryTalk DataMosaix and Microsoft Cloud for Manufacturing, customers will benefit from transformative AI tools that help drive productivity, safety, and quality.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<cite><em>\u2014Anthony Murphy, Vice President, Product Management<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"learn-more-at-hannover-messe-2024\">Learn more&nbsp;at Hannover Messe 2024<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Discover more about <a href=\"https:\/\/guided-tour.azurewebsites.net\/en-us\/guidedtour\/manufacturing\/enable-intelligent-factories\/1\/1\">manufacturing data solutions in Fabric<\/a> during a live demonstration at Hanover Messe in April 2024.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-75\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/industry\/manufacturing\/microsoft-cloud-for-manufacturing?ef_id=_k_dea3be5ab37f15466903d843fac092cd_k_&amp;OCID=AIDcmm78hj8kad_SEM__k_dea3be5ab37f15466903d843fac092cd_k_&amp;msclkid=dea3be5ab37f15466903d843fac092cd\">Learn more about Microsoft Cloud for Manufacturing <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manufacturing is an industry known for generating data from a wide variety of sources. 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