Under the old and new CEO Dieter Meuser, German Edge Cloud shows that its management buy-out on November 1, 2024 was a good decision. The potential of the Linux-based ONCITE DPS platform can be realized quickly, as the customer example of Koller Kunststofftechnik shows.
View of production (Photo: Koller Kunststofftechnik)
As a manufacturer of injection-molded parts, Koller Kunststofftechnik is a supplier to automotive manufacturers. As in the entire automotive industry, the issue of secure, trustworthy exchange of development and product data is becoming increasingly important. The automotive industry has therefore created Catena-X, a neutral data room that regulates this data exchange in such a way that data misuse is technically impossible.
German Edge Cloud (GEC) is the manufacturer of the Linux-based ONCITE DPS platform with a microservice architecture for standardized applications and apps that can be easily expanded with new functionalities. This software platform was the first application to be certified by Catena-X.
Koller Kunststofftechnik has now implemented ONCITE DPS in less than a month.
A test project with the BMW GROUP for the transfer of development data was successfully completed. The productive use of ONCITE DPS for Catena-X-compliant data exchange between Koller and BMW is already planned for 2025.
The advantages for Koller: those involved now have an overview of the production processes and the associated energy consumption at all times. Errors can be identified more quickly and optimization potential becomes visible. And an important goal was achieved very quickly: the transfer of traceability data to the OEM in accordance with Catena-X standards.
Oliver Ganser, Vice President Processes, Digitalization, Governance and Catena-X at the BMW GROUP, is quoted in a press release as saying: “The applied process model and the use of Catena-X-certified products demonstrate the efficiency of the standards created in the automotive network”.
The implementation of the “Transparency” and “Energy” software modules of the ONCITE DPS enables Koller to centrally collect and standardize data from machines, systems and energy sensors. This ensures real-time data availability and supports the implementation of long-term analyses.
Just three days after implementation, those responsible at Koller Kunststofftechnik were able to easily read out relevant data as well as the OEE – the previously time-consuming manual recording process has been replaced.
Michael Ferstl, Production Manager at Koller Kunststofftechnik: “This project shows how value-adding digitalization in production can be implemented within a very short time and can bring immediate, measurable benefits. With the introduction of ONCITE DPS, we can not only position ourselves as an innovative and competitive partner, but have also created the basis for the requirements of the automotive industry in just a few days”.