German automotive manufacturer optimizes production processes during ongoing operations with CI/CD
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Case Study Highlights
Savings with every update
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Continuous Integration and Delivery (CI/CD) for faster Innovation
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Updates and optimisations during running production
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Up to € 1.7 million in recurring savings
NUMBER OF UPDATES
Twice a day
SAVING UP TO
1.700.000€
INTEGRATED ASSETS
+5000
The case study is an example of how the car manufacturer is taking major steps towards a scalable and future-proof production IT landscape. As a partner of the Industrial Cloud Community, Cybus is proud to support this.
Peter Sorowka, CEO, Cybus
INDUSTRY
Automotive
EMPLOYEES
37000
PRODUCTION SITES
3
Challenges
High update risk prevents innovation
- Production downtime necessary for updates
- Therefore only during production holidays possible
- Complex, critical adjustments jeopardize production stability
Solution
Continuous integration during running production
- Connectware enables continuous integration (CI/CD) through infrastructure as code
- Small, regular configuration updates instead of major changes
- Minimised risk and rapid implementation and innovation
ARCHITECTURE
Cloud technology at the edge
- On-premises installation of Connectware on Kubernetes Cluster
- Integrations for OPC UA, S7, Heidenhain, Werma, InfluxDB, Modbus TCP
- Dashboard (Grafana) and InfluxDB are hosted locally
Results
Immediate optimization of production processes – without risk and costs
Updates during operation
Savings of up to €1,700,000 through updates during ongoing production
Daily updates
Configuration updates twice a day instead of once a year
Rapid innovations
Immediate introduction of new functions, improvements and innovations
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