The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) has approved Fujitsu's proposed Internet of Things (IoT) testbed solution model.
Developed through Fujitsu's field trials and knowhow gained in its own production facilities, the factory operations visibility and intelligence model is intended to support the widespread use of IoT in production facilities.
The new testbed aims to use IoT to make it easy to bring visibility to production facilities, to enhance worksite activities and raise motivation toward work, and to quickly evaluate the effects of cost reductions.
In addition, since it has been approved as an IIC testbed, companies with a variety of technologies will be able to develop added value, such as, for example, analysis functions for making production lines more efficient.
The testbed model Fujitsu has proposed uses the cloud to integrate a variety of data, such as operating information captured in real time from sensors attached to equipment, as well as related production plans and work results.
It is designed to collect sensor data generated on the factory floor, production-equipment logs, production plans and statistics, operator information, and to integrate all this and other related information in the cloud.
Fujitsu designed this testbed so that multiple companies, each in their own specialized fields, can collaborate and build an ecosystem of sensors, analytic applications, and other technologies. Through field trials and actual operations, Fujitsu aims to strengthen these solutions to respond to the diverse needs of customers.
The testbed will be exhibited at the Industrial Internet Consortium booth in the testbed demonstration area of the IoT Solutions World Congress in Barcelona, to be held September 16-18, 2015.
The Industrial Internet Consortium is a global organization founded on March 27, 2014 to accelerate the development, adoption, and wide-spread use of IoT in industry. Over 200 companies from 26 countries are participating in the initiative.