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2.4 Deployment Architecture
Cloud-first architectures fail on the factory floor because the internet is not a real-time contr...
2.3 Electronic Interlocks
An Electronic Interlock is the digital equivalent of a physical barrier. It is a binary constrain...
2.2 Recipe / Program Management
A machine recipe (reflow profile, torque script, pick-and-place file) is not a "setting"; it is a...
2.1 Equipment Connectivity Playbook
A disconnected machine is a black hole in your production line. You cannot improve what you canno...
1.6 ERP-MES Contract: Orders, confirmations, consumption, scrap, WIP
The interface between ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) and MES (Manufacturing Execution System)...
1.5 OT Network & Cybersecurity Baseline
A flat network is a suicide pact. If a receptionist's laptop opens a phishing email, your PLCs mu...
1.4 Master Data Model + SSOT Rules (BOM/Routing/Resources)
Master Data is the executable code of your factory. If the Bill of Materials (BOM) or Routing con...
1.3 System Landscape & RACI
A manufacturing floor running on undefined system boundaries guarantees data corruption. When an ...
1.2 Interoperability and Governance
A system architecture without governance is not an architecture; it is a "spaghetti topology" of ...
1.1 Functional Hierarchy (ISA-95)
In complex manufacturing, blurring the lines between business planning and machine control is not...
6.6 Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
In Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), "fixing" the machine is merely the first step. The goal is...
6.5 Breakdown Response Standard (safe isolation, restart verification)
A machine breakdown is a high-pressure event where adrenaline often overrides protocol. This is w...
6.2 Preventive Maintenance (PM) Planning
Preventive Maintenance is not a suggestion; it is a rigid contract between Engineering and Operat...
6.3 Predictive Maintenance (PdM)
Predictive Maintenance is not about fixing machines; it is about buying time. While Preventive Ma...
6.4 Asset Register, Criticality & Spare Parts Policy
Managing assets in an ISO 9001/13485 environment is not an accounting exercise; it is a technical...
6.1 Maintenance Governance: KPIs, Roles, Escalation
Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) is not a cleaning schedule; it is the fiscal discipline of Ass...
5.3 Outage / Disaster Recovery Playbooks + Test Schedule
Disaster recovery is not about "hope"; it is about Mean Time to Recovery (MTTR). In a crisis, adr...
5.2 Backup Power & UPS Systems
Grid stability is a variable, not a constant. In electronics manufacturing, a 50ms power sag does...
5.1 Physical Security & Access Control
Physical security in manufacturing is not about theft prevention; it is about preserving the "Cha...
4.7 Ergonomics & Manual Handling
Ergonomics is not about comfort; it is about Yield. A fatigued operator introduces variability in...