
adesso Blog
14.01.2025 By Ibrahim Bicak
Master variant management: AI-supported optimisation with the FIRE Engine
The increasing variety of options in industry requires innovative solutions. With the FIRE Engine and AI-supported similarity analysis, complexity can be reduced, resources optimised and configuration processes made more efficient. In this blog post, I'll show you how you can use modern technologies – for example LLM, AI and automated workflows – to increase your productivity and impress your customers.
Read more05.11.2024 By Christian Flechsig
Traceability in production: essential for compliance, cost efficiency and quality improvement
Traceability describes the ability to seamlessly track products and their components through production. In this blog post, I use the success story of a global corporation in the field of special-purpose machine construction to show why traceability in production is so relevant, what benefits it brings and how we support its implementation.
Read more15.04.2024 By Patrick Kübler
Why our customers start with product cons reporting when it comes to IIoT
Every day, employees struggle with manual reporting processes that cause high personnel costs, limited opportunities for process optimisation and quality deficiencies. Despite the crucial importance of KPIs for management, manual reporting processes are widespread in production. In this blog post, I explain why companies in the IIoT sector are starting with production reporting.
Read more08.03.2024 By Olaf Neugebauer
Is the Internet of Things dead?
In recent years, the Internet of Things (IoT) has been on everyone's lips, promising to revolutionise the way we work and live in all industries. IoT devices, sensors and networks have been hailed as "the next big thing". But as with any technology trend that is heavily hyped, the question arises: is the Internet of Things dead? I answer this question in my blog post.
Read more08.12.2023 By Olaf Neugebauer
The three pillars of an IoT factory
If you want to develop viable, successful solutions over the long term and also be able to evaluate and channel the potential of the Internet of Things, IoT needs to be strategically anchored at your organisation. This is where the IoT factory comes in handy. I will explain what that is in my blog post.
Read moreAn anomaly is a data point or pattern in a time series that differs from the data you would typically expect to receive. Anomaly detection deals with the task of identifying these irregularities. In this blog post, we will be presenting approaches used to analyse time series data and detect anomalies. Along with that, you will also find out how to successfully integrate the algorithms into a smart product platform.
Read more04.10.2023 By Uwe Pohlmann
The challenges and opportunities associated with IT security in digital production
Manufacturing companies are undergoing a transformation: the digitalisation of production promises efficiency and innovation, but also harbours risks. The networking of machines, IT systems and cloud services opens up unimagined potential, but what about IT security?
Read more29.06.2023 By Michael Westermeier
How to make an update to Industry 4.0 work – digital retrofitting using retrofit sensor technology
Many established SMEs in the manufacturing industry in Germany struggle with the challenge of using heterogeneous machinery: they operate machines made by different manufacturers, some of which are newer than others, and some of which are used more than others – all depending on their company’s individual history. If we are talking exclusively about digitalising and standardising these types of manufacturing environments in the sense of modern Industry 4.0 applications, then there is one question in the industry that is more pressing than any other: is a conversion or retrofit worthwhile at all?
Read more12.06.2023 By Christopher Krafft
Exchanging data securely via narrowband IoT thanks to DTLS (part 3)
While the first part of this blog series dealt with the technology of narrowband-IoT and in the second part I went into the specifics of communication based on MQTT-SN via NB-IoT, the third and final part of the series will focus on the aspect of security, which is critical for the Internet of Things.
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