octoplant

Keep production running

Achieve complete
control over your
production
environment and
industrial automation

Greater data consistency, security,

safety, and reliability, thanks to
backups and version control
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OVERCOME THE The advancement of automation and

CHALLENGES OF DATA digitalization contributes to an exponentially

MANAGEMENT increasing amount of data sources and

measurable data, especially where the Industrial
Internet of Things is concerned. Data streams
therefore need to be processed, managed, and
utilized. This presents operations managers and
engineers with a great number of challenges.
Skillfully manage complex industrial
production environments Such challenges are difficult enough to deal
with when it comes to carrying out normal
Irrespective of the sector, company size, or task, operations in a running factory, but they take on
you’d be hard pressed nowadays to find an a whole new degree of difficulty when partial
industrial production environment that does not or total plant shutdown occurs. If even part of
rely on a complex IT setup. Even more so, one a production environment shuts down, the cost
that is not having to deal with an ever-increasing of the damage incurred can quickly run into the
amount of production data. While scheduling millions.
routine backups and managing data storage are
standard practice when it comes to classical The topic of IT security and safety is also growing
business IT, it is still relatively new with regard to in importance. In the past, malware attacks were
industrial production and operational technology primarily aimed at exploiting general security
(OT). vulnerabilities. Today, targeted cyberattacks
on specific companies are all too real a threat.
The increasing complexity of industrial Production downtime - brought about as a direct
environments is just one of a growing number result of such attacks - has been responsible for
of challenges that are faced by the industry. record losses in recent years.
Operations managers and maintenance staff
now encounter a steadily increasing number of One in ten companies have had their very
SCADA systems, PLCs, sensors, and field devices. existence threatened as a result. If you take into
In addition, there are also a variety of machines, account disruptions caused by technical errors,
robots, drives, and industrial PCs, which are used human error, or negligence, and add them to
to control the parameters and preliminary settings those caused by cyberattacks, the shear scope of
of a production environment. the problem becomes very apparent.

If that weren’t enough, there are also production

environments, which are more often than not, only
partially digitalized/networked. Depending on the
sector and the challenges, regular retrofits are
also common practice.

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PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO ANSWER

THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

Do you know – at all times – where configuration

settings and program data are stored and how up-to-
date these are?

Based on your available production data, are you able

to make effective and informed decisions?

Do you have a plan in place in the event that partial or

total plant failure / downtime occurs?

In the event of failure, are you able to easily and quickly

restart production and restore the default settings of
your automated machinery?

Have you been able to do all of this when faced with

disruptions that were not brought about by outside
interference? Would you be able to continue to do this in
spite of the increasing threat posed by cyber criminals?

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Our software platform | AUVESY-MDT

provides both device management and
backups in one single solution

AUVESY-MDT provides its customers with a The octoplant platform is comprised of eight
modular solution that helps them meet their solution sets which offer features, tailored
requirements and offers adequate solutions to to specific industrial needs, to help prevent
common challenges known to plant management. downtime, errors, and security issues.

The octoplant platform provides customers with

a holistic summary of their plant and shows them
the information they need – when they need it –
thanks to dashboards, which can be customized to
suit the role of the user.

octoplant centralizes the management of your entire production environment

in one system and includes the following features:

The octoplant platform - tailored to your specific industry needs.

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1. IoT Device Management

octoplant is vendor-independent and can connect to all commonly
found automated production and IoT devices. As a central data
management platform, it manages programs and configuration
settings data in a standardized manner. By doing so, the solution
ensures transparent management of complex information in a way
that is both manufacturer-independent and solution-neutral across
Know and manage what is all common industry standards. It’s robust change history shows who
going on with your devices
changed what, where, when, and why, at a glance.

2. Safeguarding Assets
By backing up assets, users can sleep soundly at night because
octoplant helps safeguard automated production and ensures that the
correct authorized version is always running. With complete version
management, plant operators across the board always have access
to the latest version and can see whether changes are required. The
process of creating backups is automated – saving time and labor,
Ensure all devices are
configured correctly reducing errors, and ensuring a reliable data snapshot of the entire
production environment.

3. Instant Recovery
octoplant’s capacity for instant recovery ensures that all necessary
programs, data as well as the settings made within the scope of
machine automation are available and are running correctly. It also
allows for production to be restored at any time. In the event of an
emergency, octoplant enables production environments and devices
Quickly bring back the to be restored quickly as it eliminates the need to search for the last
right system configurations
previously functioning version.

4. Business Intelligence
octoplant consolidates the data of complex, fragmented production
environments in one easy-to-use data management platform. It helps
ensure that data is easy to analyze and thus guarantees better, safer,
and faster decision making. Data can also be exported at any time.
This solution provides valuable insights, allowing the user to compare
Make more informed different production locations and devices, and helps aid reliable
decisions predictive maintenance.

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5. Operational Efficiency
Octoplant enables companies to increase overall equipment
effectiveness (OEE) by digitally connecting information from field,
control, supervisory, and enterprise levels. octoplant adapts to existing
workflows and (by comparing servers) provides information on how
efficiently components are being used, and how frequently changes to
specific components are being made. Guidelines and best practices for
assets and configuration settings data can lead to an increased level Drive efficient
operations
of standardization and efficiency.

6. Compliance Management
Integrated documentation and regulatory workflows, such as those
for the release process, help ensure reliable and seamless compliance
management in which risks are reduced resulting in a rule-compliant,
traceable, and auditable production process. Octoplant supports
compliance with legal standards such as the KRITIS IT security law,
the FDA 21 CFR Part 11 regulation, and GxP rules to ensure process Fulfill regulatory requirements and
quality, production documentation and proof of compliance. streamline production audits

7. Threat Protection
Thanks to its proactive vulnerability, change, and risk detection
features, octoplant’s holistic security architecture is able to protect
production environments from attack, prevent damage, and avoid
downtime. It breaks down the automatically assigned, regularly
updated asset risk score for each inventory asset. Therefore, AUVESY-
MDT’s solution can be used to prevent/reduce damage and shorten/ Take proactive action to prevent
security breaches
avoid downtimes thanks to its vulnerability, change, and risk
detection features.

8. Education & Training

Finally, due to effective knowledge transfer, companies can help
preserve their own production-specific knowledge and pass it on to
new employees. The comprehensive e-learning platform enables
employees to continue learning about octoplant anytime and
anywhere. Best practices in the form of videos and webcasts can help
improve job skills for everyone involved and ensure rapid onboarding Use octoplant
when it comes to new equipment or production lines. effectively

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How companies can profit from
digital plant management and
production documentation

When it came to developing and launching

AUVESY-MDT’s asset management
platform, the market leader in version
control and change management software
drew on their first-hand experience with
3,200 installations and 2,500 international
customers. octoplant’s features are used in
10 million devices in total.

The primary goal was - and still is - to

help production companies address
pressing challenges related to asset
management, backup, version control, and
process documentation, in a modern and
straightforward way.

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Centralized and transparent data management

that gives you a 360-degree overview of your
production environment “The decision to bring
in versiondog* was
octoplant supports fully integrated IoT ecosystems and provides born out of a desire for
users with a clear summary of their entire production environment. a comprehensive and
It is transparent, vendor-independent, and solution-neutral across uniform overview for all
all common industry standards. The plant management solution projects and versions
is compatible with a wide range of automation devices and offers in production and
an unmatched number of supported devices, when compared to maintenance.
competitors.
We also wanted to unify
Other solutions only capture individual machines or partial aspects all automated data for
of a production environment, such as PLCs, SCADA systems, HMIs all user groups, including
or robots. Only components from a specific manufacturer, bus our overseas-based
system, or standard are analyzed. This is an obstacle when it comes technicians, into a single
to rapid troubleshooting. AUVESY-MDT’s products have the largest system.
compatibility base with regard to manufacturers and devices.
These expectations
A robust software solution needs to be capable of summarizing the were fully met with
entirety of an automated production environment and analyzing the introduction of
devices on the shop floor. octoplant can detect differences between
versiondog.”
operating systems and firmware versions, even for identical sensors.
This makes it easier to isolate errors by processing data from sensors Jan Petersen
and field devices in a direct and unfiltered manner. octoplant allows Production engineer at
you to directly communicate with almost all IoT devices in a production Siemens Energy AS
environment.
* versiondog was the former
software solution from AUVESY
Take a look at our website to find out which devices are supported: GmbH
auvesy-mdt.com/en/device-finder

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How asset inventory can help safeguard against

hackers and unauthorized changes
“Cyberattacks are a real
Regardless of whether you are a DAX company or a middle-sized danger to us. When it
enterprise, today, every production organization could be targeted comes to safeguarding
by cyberattacks. Ransomware attacks, in particular, are affecting the against attacks from
operation technology (OT) in industrial plants at an increasing rate, and outside, it is more
these attacks do not limit themselves to targeting IT infrastructure
advantageous to have
a larger shield than a
alone.
smaller one!
The Asset Inventory Service from AUVESY-MDT improves the The ability to trace all
security of your operational technology, and gives you the perfect incidences of data
opportunity to assess whether the machines and devices that have access, including the
been integrated into octoplant are up-to-date and can be backed up. timestamp, was what
It enables users to carry out risk analysis to determine whether there led to the decision to
are cyber security vulnerabilities.
integrate versiondog.”

Matthias Teitge
All of this helps in day-to-day operations but is even more critical Head of Plant Management
when it comes to quickly uploading the backup (the last previous at Hofbrauhaus Wolters
version) in the event of a cyber attack. Doing this ensures that brewery
operations in a plant can be quickly restored and the cyber attack
stopped. Given the ongoing and rapidly rising costs brought about by
a production shutdown, it is clear that investing in such a system is
* versiondog was the former
money well spent.
software solution from AUVESY
GmbH

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Automatic backups reduce downtime and enable

swift disaster recovery

In the event of partial or total failure, a program backup ensures that

fast disaster recovery can be carried out in order so operations in a plant
can be resumed. AUVESY-MDT’s software solutions enable users to
use the last backup to restore production at a push of a button, so that
production is up and running within minutes. This is important because
every hour of downtime costs a company money and puts supply chains
at risk.

The transparency provided by a plant backup solution has a direct “With versiondog*, we
influence on whether a plant can be restored accurately and quickly in always know the current
an emergency. Version control – the consistent logging of changes – is
status of our production
plants. versiondog*
another important factor, especially when it comes to troubleshooting
makes our work easier,
and documentation. This process in octoplant is fully automated. The saves us time and gives
only manual task that the user needs to carry out is to enter a change us end-to-end clarity on
reason when a new version is created. what changes have been
made.
On average, it takes maintenance staff 3-4 hours per week to track
down correct changes when using a manual approach to manage You can’t get better
program versions. octoplant automatically creates backups of program
quality than that!”
files and compares them to identify any differences. AUVESY-MDT’s
software solutions help you see the current and correct status at Hassan El Haddad
all times and provides maximum clarity with tabular and graphical from MAS Automation works
presentation of changes, which makes it possible to see what changes as technical automation
specialist at HTD, Tata Steel
have been made and why. Europe

In order to reduce downtime and facilitate rapid disaster recovery, it

is important to be able to restore the last authorized version, or even
an earlier version - especially if this earlier version was the last time
at which the system was operating smoothly before a malfunction * versiondog was the former
occurred. software solution from AUVESY
GmbH
Backups created with AUVESY-MDT’s software, help to maximize plant
availability and save time. Just like Notebook backups, it only takes a
few clicks to restore a status. This can be done for a single automation
device/machine, as well as for the entirety of a complex plant, even
if that plant consists of several hundred/thousand devices, sensors,
hardware, and software.

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Audits and documentation –

Mandatory across many industries

The importance of straightforward and consistent documentation

varies from industry to industry. In sectors related to processing
engineering - such as chemical, pharmaceutical, and food and
beverage – it is particularly important. Companies, whose critical
infrastructure is subject to the German government’s CRITIS Directive
and the EU’s new NIS 2 Directive, and the U.S. FDA regulations, are no
doubt well aware of the strict documentation obligations.

When settings and changes have to be submitted to supervisory “The fact that backups
authorities or insurance companies, as part of production audits and can not only be saved,
liability issues, data transparency - with regard to processing - is but also compared
a must. Questions like who changed what, where, when, and why
with each other is an
enormous help to us,
must be clarified promptly and proven beyond doubt, especially when
especially during audits.
anomalies or accidents occur.

The software is set up:

AUVESY-MDT software solutions help you achieve greater legal
all new projects are
compliance due to audit trail reports and traceable cause-and-effect stored in versiondog* as
relationships. Both are legal requirements, as seen in the current standard. I see no reason
legislation pertaining to IT, and help to facilitate the presentation of as to why we would ever
evidence to third parties in the event of errors. Our software also helps do without this system
reduce liability risks in the case of certification, which itself is subject again.”
to a different set of strict international rules. If this is of interest to
you, talk to our industry experts and let them show you how your
specific requirements can be optimally implemented. Gilles Gaeng
Technical Manager of
Maintenance & IT at
thyssenkrupp Automotive
Systems GmbH

* versiondog was the former

software solution from AUVESY
GmbH

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Data processing and monitoring for

target-orientated Business Intelligence

Investing in a modern data management platform

is not merely a means to an end for industrial
companies, it should also help generate economic
growth and increase plant efficiency. After all,
mastering and generating added value from data
is more important than simply having it.

An abundance of data is both a blessing and a

curse, as it frequently makes it difficult to detect
patterns and differences - when problems arise in
production – and then draw the right conclusions All relevant automation technology data is
from them. united in octoplant and can be viewed at-a-glance
via intelligent dashboards

octoplant provides companies with optimal

evaluations and KPIs, and in doing so enables
regular monitoring of production-relevant figures.
Monitoring requirements for specific target
groups can be displayed in dashboards. A CEO
needs different information than a plant manager
or maintenance supervisor; an IT manager They can draw comparisons between several
focuses on different areas than a machine or sites and access critical information that regularly
plant manufacturer; and an automotive supplier benefits the company.
faces different challenges than a chemical or
pharmaceutical producer. The way in which data is processed will be further
optimized in the future with custom dashboards
In any case, being able to clearly display and the enrichment of external data sources,
information – whether in a graphical or tabular which will add additional business intelligence
form – provides greater knowledge, especially potential.
when it comes to individual production units
or devices. It ensures that your specialists and Companies that invest in AUVESY-MDT’s software
managers are able to use AUVESY-MDT’s software solutions will gain overall improved effectiveness
solutions to the fullest. of their assets that can be generated from a data-
based analysis of processes.

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octoplant - tailored to your Their software is straightforward and easy to

specific industry needs and implement. Manufacturing companies can start
individual requirements small by networking/deploying the software
platform at individual sites. Over time, the software
AUVESY-MDT’s software is your go-to solution can then be transferred and scaled to other plants
when it comes to reliable asset management and worldwide.
straightforward IoT device management – thanks Learn how automatic backups of your devices and
to reliable backups that can be restored quickly plants can contribute to greater safety, security,
and securely in the case of an emergency. Whether an d reliability. Find out why version control and
AVUESY-MDT is helping customers achieve logging changes is so important when it comes to
operational and organization efficiency, or enhancing maintaining a complete plant view, especially in the
business intelligence – the company does it all. event of an emergency.

AUVESY-MDTs octoplant solution will be offered As a result, companies will be able to scale
as part of a subscription model. This will help easily and, together with AUVESY-MDT, grow at
companies reduce acquisition costs and maximize their own individual pace. We urge customers
their flexibility. Customers will be able to decide to contact us so that we can determine which
which parts of the system they wish to use in the product package suits them best.
future and which functionalities are most suitable
for their own production environment. The three packages available are Core, Plus, and
Premium.

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Find out more | How AUVESY-MDT’s solutions can

help your company guarantee reliability in your
production

AUVESY-MDT’s intelligent solutions reduce the manual effort in

plant management and therefore ensures greater safety, optimized
reliability for production, and consistent product quality. More than
2,500 companies and groups across numerous industries already
entrust AUVESY-MDT’s software with more than 10 million monitored
components.
Customer trust in
As part of a recent customer survey (which focused on versiondog,
our solution:
one of the foundations for the octoplant platform), AUVESY-MDT
looked at how customers use its software solutions and how they -
evaluated them. According to the results, 96% of customers agreed
with the statement that they save time thanks to AUVESY-MDT’s
solutions.
96%
...would recommend
AUVESY-MDT.

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For 73% of customers, availability of data/documentation was the
biggest benefit. Three quarters of all customers surveyed said that
they cannot do without AUVESY-MDT’s solutions. The survey also
showed that the topic of security is becoming increasingly important.
84 %
As many as 6 out of 10 customers stated that the increased security, ...agree with the statement
which they have gained from implementing AUVESY-MDT’s solutions, that they save time thanks to
was one of the strongest arguments for implementing the software. AUVESY-MDT.

-
73 %
...see the availability of
data & documentation as the
biggest advantage.

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AUVESY-MDT

The world market leader in version control for

automated production environments.

With over 150 employees and our own subsidiaries in Germany, USA
and China, we support our customers with over 3,200 installations
in more than 50 countries worldwide together with our partners.
These come from various industries and use our solutions to
manage and safeguard their automated production environments.

Use cases range from managing IoT devices and enabling disaster
GERMANY
recovery, to increasing operational efficiency or preventing cyber
security breaches. AUVESY GmbH
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