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The i-flow software is characterized in particular by the following features:

1. Simplicity by design: Our user interface is built for ease of use, enabling users to quickly create and manage data flows without getting slowed down by technical complexities.

2. Endless connectivity: i-flow comes with 200+ connectors for popular industrial systems, drastically reducing the setup time and effort required.

3. Real-Time Monitoring: Get real-time insights into your data flows, enabling simple maintenance and optimization.

4. Collaboration: Interconnecting factories is a team sport! Use the know-how of all your experts – from the plant to the central teams and maximize your results.

5. Scalability:Designed to grow with your operations, i-flow can effortlessly handle the demands of a single factory or be scaled up to coordinate data flows across multiple locations.

One of the biggest challenges in scaling data-driven use cases (e.g., Predictive Quality) in factories is poor data quality. In fact, most of today’s factory data is buried in data silos due to extreme asset diversity. Today, the integration and preparation of this data wastes up to 80% of the project resources. And that for each new project. Additional symptoms of poor-quality data might include:

1. slow progress in your digitalization projects
2. time consuming maintenance of custom scripts to integrate your factory data
3. high adaptation effort for changing requirements (and data analytics projects in particular are by their nature dynamic)
4. high costs due to processing of large amounts of data in the cloud

Thanks to the wide variety of connectors, i-flow reduces your dependence on OT / IT system providers for the digitization of your factories. Decouple the integration of data and systems from your existing OT/IT systems to increase the flexibility and scalability of your entire system landscape. At the same time, you minimize your resources for connecting and processing factory data. This allows your team to focus on the implementation and rollout of data-driven use cases.

The following companies benefit from using the i-flow software:

• Innovative medium-sized and large companies from the manufacturing industry
• Companies that invest in their data infrastructure to gain a competitive advantage and become industry champions 
• Companies with one or more brownfield or greenfield sites worldwide
• Companies looking for a standardized solution for system and data integration to seamlessly integrate IT and OT
• Decision-makers who want to decide in real time and know exactly which data is crucial for their success
• Users who not only appreciate low-code software, but also the advantages of maximum intuitive user guidance to develop and roll out use-cases faster.

We have developed and optimized i-flow for manufacturing companies. Within the manufacturing domain, the technology is sector-agnostic. Thus, the software does not require customizing to create value in different sectors (e.g. automotive, machinery).

i-flow edge software maximizes the discoverability, interoperability and flexibility of factory data, enabling faster and more cost-effective piloting of data-driven use cases and accelerating their rollout. No programming or interface knowledge is required for this – so use internal resources to connect your factory. With i-flow you create clean data from your factory operations by default – across all your factories independent from the heterogeneity of your shopfloors.

The do-it-yourself (DIY) approach is always a valid consideration. There are at least two aspects to consider: costs & scaling.

Costs: If you compare the annual salaries of software experts with the annual i-flow license costs, i-flow becomes beneficial quickly. In addition to the development costs, the costs for maintaining custom scripts must be taken into account (e.g. for necessary updates in case of changes in the use case requirements or system interfaces).

Scaling: Using in-house developers usually works in business environments where scaling is not required, use case requirements are rather static and developer fluctuation is very low. In addition, the more factory systems are integrated, the more difficult it becomes to keep track of individual implementations. i-flow, on the other hand, enables scaling in dynamic factory environments.

Absolutely. We offer different service levels. Please contact us for more information.