How to Architect a Smart Manufacturing System for Success

Russ works on standards development in manufacturing for digital factory, Industry 4.0, industrial internet of things, machine to machine communication, machine learning, artificial intelligence, analytics, predictive health and maintenance. He runs the MTConnect Institute, which is the ANSI-accredited standards developer for the MTConnect standard with 400+ members. The standard includes domain specific vocabulary for CNC machine tools, milling machines, lathes, boring and drilling machines, electrical discharge machines, lasers, waterjets, plasma cutters, robots, cutting tools, sensors, 3D printers, and other factory equipment and devices for discrete manufacturing, as well as nascent information models for parts, processes, materials, supply chain, and manufacturing execution systems. Companion specifications for OPC UA, B2MML, and QIF incorporate cybersecurity and protocol, manufacturing execution, and quality and inspection data.

Jonathan Wise serves as Vice President of Technology and Chief Architect for CESMII, a department of UCLA's Office of Advanced Research Computing and the United States' national institute for Smart Manufacturing. CESMII's Smart Manufacturing Innovation Platform provides both a real-world and reference implementation of some of the key focus areas of Manufacturing USA funding. Mr. Wise has over twenty years of experience in technology development, with a primary focus on manufacturing information systems. His past stops have included General Electric, Microsoft and Amazon. Prior to joining CESMII, he worked at Rockwell Automation, leading the development of new product initiatives. Mr. Wise is co-chair of the OPC Foundation working group for the Cloud Library, and an active proponent of the development and adoption of common information models as a key enabler for improving interoperability in manufacturing data access and exchange.