Oracle has announced a partnership with Kepware to build OPC connectivity into their ERP solution. This will be interesting.
As MES professionals, we are always debating “who will win?” Is it the ERP companies, or the automation companies that will win the battle for the MES space? This seems to be a play for Oracle that tells the world, “we are coming down into automation to get the data we want.”
I will be curious what type of data repository, or manufacturing execution system database schema Oracle has, or will, put together to house this information. How will it be reported? How will it be presented? How will this data drive business logic?
I do like the acknowledgement from Oracle that there is valuable data in shop floor systems that needs to be integrated into ERP. Perhaps one they get into some projects, they will see just how fun shop floor integration projects are!
As a side note, Kepware is an awesome company, and they have the best OPC Servers in the market. (IMHO)
Original news on MBT Magazine….
