Today, users have a variety of customization options when it comes to complex products, and this spills over into their expectations about industrial equipment too.
Manufacturers of complex equipment have made a big step forward organizing the production process on a modular basis, which makes it easy to adapt equipment to the end user. But as a result, it creates billions of possible combinations of equipment settings, since practically every product becomes unique by its characteristics and capabilities.
A manufacturer must solve the following problems:
Adaptive assembly and testing
Consistent control over software configuration
Preparation of unique technical manuals
Specialized production support software addresses these challenges. It helps to organize assembling and adjusting of customized products based on the customer’s application.
Such software can build a model of the future equipment to:
Generate electrical circuits and mechanical schematics of equipment
List necessary components
Configure control software
Customize the user interface and more
Key benefits of production support software
Lower qualification requirements for the personnel
Minimized equipment setup and calibration time
Potential human errors reduced