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Symestic: Enabling Digital Factories of the Future with a Cloud-based MES

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Customer Company Size
SME
Region
  • Europe
  • Africa
  • America
  • Asia
  • Pacific
Country
  • Germany
Product
  • Symestic MES platform
  • Symestic IoT box
  • EMnify global SIM
  • EMnify Web Portal
  • EMnify OpenVPN
Tech Stack
  • Cloud-based MES
  • IoT communication
  • Edge computing
  • Data visualization
  • Risk evaluation
Implementation Scale
  • Enterprise-wide Deployment
Impact Metrics
  • Productivity Improvements
  • Cost Savings
  • Waste Reduction
Technology Category
  • Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Visualization
  • Functional Applications - Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES)
  • Networks & Connectivity - Cellular
  • Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Device Management Platforms
  • Processors & Edge Intelligence - Embedded & Edge Computers
Applicable Functions
  • Discrete Manufacturing
  • Quality Assurance
Use Cases
  • Manufacturing System Automation
  • Edge Computing & Edge Intelligence
  • Predictive Maintenance
Services
  • Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
  • System Integration
About The Customer
Symestic is a German company that was founded in 1999. The company aims to help global manufacturers increase operational efficiency with a cloud-based Manufacturing Execution System (MES) platform that is affordable, scalable, and easy to implement. Symestic's MES solution allows companies to capture and analyze vital production metrics and process data, then derive informed decisions to optimize shop floor activities. The company's IoT box, embedded with edge computing capabilities, can pre-process data and only communicate relevant events to the cloud for analysis. Symestic's MES platform provides a powerful toolset for data visualization, risk evaluation, issue detection, and production reporting. The pay-per-use SaaS model helps to break down adoption barriers often seen in traditional MES systems.
The Challenge
Symestic, a German company founded in 1999, aims to help global manufacturers increase operational efficiency with a cloud-based Manufacturing Execution System (MES) platform that is affordable, scalable, and easy to implement. However, to transmit machine data from their IoT edge gateways (known as Symestic IoT boxes) to the MES application, the company needed an IoT communication solution that goes beyond a normal SIM card. They required a solution that would provide full transparency and control to provide a robust MES solution to worldwide production plants, including those of large German manufacturers like BITO, Brita, and Erlenbacher.
The Solution
Symestic partnered with EMnify to use their global SIM and platform for IoT communication. The EMnify solution does not depend on a local carrier, so Symestic does not have to talk to multiple operators. Using the EMnify global SIM, Symestic can rest assured that their IoT boxes are always using the best cellular network available. EMnify's management portal provides real-time insights into the device connection status, allowing Symestic’s operations team to monitor existing data consumption and the remaining allowance to ensure customers have uninterrupted data communication. Additionally, EMnify’s OpenVPN lets the team remotely log into the IoT boxes for troubleshooting without having to dispatch technicians to the site.
Operational Impact
  • Symestic's MES solution allows companies to capture and analyze vital production metrics and process data, then derive informed decisions to optimize shop floor activities.
  • The company's IoT box, embedded with edge computing capabilities, can pre-process data and only communicate relevant events to the cloud for analysis.
  • Symestic's MES platform provides a powerful toolset for data visualization, risk evaluation, issue detection, and production reporting.
  • The pay-per-use SaaS model helps to break down adoption barriers often seen in traditional MES systems.
Quantitative Benefit
  • Symestic's system is up and running in global production lines across five continents.
  • The company looks to accelerate business expansion in the coming years.

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