Hands-On Industrial Internet of Things

The asset model

A key element of any automated production system is the asset model. This is the conceptual model of the physical or logical assets that a company uses to perform its business. It typically lives in the MES system and is organized hierarchically according to the ISA-95/ISA-88 standard. The ISA-95/ISA-88 standard provides a common model for production processes and resources, and a standard interface to expose the model to higher-level ERP systems and lower-level control systems. The ISA-95 standard was originally developed to bridge the gap between low-level machine control and high-level ERP systems that are responsible for planning and scheduling. Currently, ISA-95 is the international standard for the integration of enterprise ...