Efficiency revolution in manufacturing

Welcome to CONTACT Elements for IoT - your Smart Factory solution for sustainable manufacturing efficiency! Experience software that extends far beyond conventional MES (Manufacturing Execution System) by combining advanced maintenance management, energy monitoring, and seamless IT integration. The result: cost savings by minimizing scrap and downtime.

Why CONTACT Elements for IoT - Smart Factory?

  • Maximize output with minimal effort: Sustainable increase in efficiency and operational cost reduction.
  • Innovative combination: Advanced maintenance management and energy monitoring for transparent and sustainable manufacturing.
  • Groundbreaking smart factory functionalities: Digitalize paper-based processes or connect multiple locations - with CONTACT Elements for IoT on the path to digitalized manufacturing.

Software Insights

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From workforce planning with the Shopfloor Planner to asset and maintenance management, Elements for IoT offers many practical features to make your daily work easier. Get a first glimpse of our software here.

Software Insights

From workforce planning with the Shopfloor Planner to asset and maintenance management, Elements for IoT offers many practical features to make your daily work easier. Get a first glimpse of our software here.

Screenshot mit Shopfloor-Ansicht, Pfeil Icon, Text, Magentafarbene Fläche

From workforce planning with the Shopfloor Planner to asset and maintenance management, Elements for IoT offers many practical features to make your daily work easier. Get a first glimpse of our software here.

Your path to digitalized manufacturing

Discover the potential of CONTACT Elements for IoT - Smart Factory and actively shape the future of your manufacturing. No matter which stage of digitalization you are in, we support your pace and develop a future-proof strategy together. Simply choose the solution that best aligns with your goals:

Your path to digitalized manufacturing

Discover the potential of CONTACT Elements for IoT - Smart Factory and actively shape the future of your manufacturing. No matter which stage of digitalization you are in, we support your pace and develop a future-proof strategy together. Simply choose the solution that best aligns with your goals:

Discover the potential of CONTACT Elements for IoT - Smart Factory and actively shape the future of your manufacturing. No matter which stage of digitalization you are in, we support your pace and develop a future-proof strategy together. Simply choose the solution that best aligns with your goals:

Digital Production Connectivity & Automation Production Network
Document Management (i)

CONTACT Documents organizes all documents throughout the lifecycle of your products in a reliable and verifiable way. Whether it's CAD models, manufacturing documents, multimedia files, emails, or customer documentation, project teams and departments across the entire company use the same documents at the push of a button.

Asset Management (i)

Manage your industrial machines and assets as Digital Twins, to have all information from their lifecycle and current operation always at hand. Maximize the potential of your assets by optimizing productivity based on usage data analyses and relevant Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).

Maintenance Management (i)

Coordinate every maintenance operation on your facilities with efficiency and ease. Extend their lifecycle and save costs by defining maintenance protocols at the component level and controlling the execution and documentation of all measures with automated processes.

Workforce Scheduling (i)

React quickly and transparently to spontaneous staff shortages and prevent delays in the production process. Short-term workforce planning helps you meet delivery deadlines and avoid potential penalties.

Operating Data Collection (i)

The worker interface "MyShopfloor" provides all relevant information necessary to execute work. Capture manual feedback on production progress and downtime through this interface.

Machine Data Collection (i)

Automate data collection and combine data from machine control with sensor information through IoT connectivity to holistically monitor the performance of your facility.

Metrics & Analysis (i)

Define intelligent rules and analyses to monitor the condition and performance of your assets, increasing Overall Equipment Efficiency (OEE) through early fault detection and minimizing downtime.

Process Automation (i)

Automate business processes in response to detected errors or problematic situations. Benefit from demand-oriented maintenance and higher machine availability. Minimize internal friction losses by increasing your operational speed.

Energy Management (i)

Make the energy consumption of your facilities and the entire manufacturing environment visible. Reduce energy costs and CO2 emissions through targeted measures with energy management software.

Global Overview & Control (i)

Connect your distributed manufacturing sites using the multi-site approach to keep an eye on production metrics and establish templates and standardized processes for all plants. Benefit from harmonized workflows and leverage valuable insights from comparisons across locations.

Digital Production
Document Management (i)

CONTACT Documents organizes all documents throughout the lifecycle of your products in a reliable and verifiable way. Whether it's CAD models, manufacturing documents, multimedia files, emails, or customer documentation, project teams and departments across the entire company use the same documents at the push of a button.

Asset Management (i)

Manage your industrial machines and assets as Digital Twins, to have all information from their lifecycle and current operation always at hand. Maximize the potential of your assets by optimizing productivity based on usage data analyses and relevant Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).

Maintenance Management (i)

Coordinate every maintenance operation on your facilities with efficiency and ease. Extend their lifecycle and save costs by defining maintenance protocols at the component level and controlling the execution and documentation of all measures with automated processes.

Workforce Scheduling (i)

React quickly and transparently to spontaneous staff shortages and prevent delays in the production process. Short-term workforce planning helps you meet delivery deadlines and avoid potential penalties.

Operating Data Collection (i)

The worker interface "MyShopfloor" provides all relevant information necessary to execute work. Capture manual feedback on production progress and downtime through this interface.

Connectivity & Automation
Document Management (i)

CONTACT Documents organizes all documents throughout the lifecycle of your products in a reliable and verifiable way. Whether it's CAD models, manufacturing documents, multimedia files, emails, or customer documentation, project teams and departments across the entire company use the same documents at the push of a button.

Asset Management (i)

Manage your industrial machines and assets as Digital Twins, to have all information from their lifecycle and current operation always at hand. Maximize the potential of your assets by optimizing productivity based on usage data analyses and relevant Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).

Maintenance Management (i)

Coordinate every maintenance operation on your facilities with efficiency and ease. Extend their lifecycle and save costs by defining maintenance protocols at the component level and controlling the execution and documentation of all measures with automated processes.

Workforce Scheduling (i)

React quickly and transparently to spontaneous staff shortages and prevent delays in the production process. Short-term workforce planning helps you meet delivery deadlines and avoid potential penalties.

Operating Data Collection (i)

The worker interface "MyShopfloor" provides all relevant information necessary to execute work. Capture manual feedback on production progress and downtime through this interface.

Machine Data Collection (i)

Automate data collection and combine data from machine control with sensor information through IoT connectivity to holistically monitor the performance of your facility.

Metrics & Analysis (i)

Define intelligent rules and analyses to monitor the condition and performance of your assets, increasing Overall Equipment Efficiency (OEE) through early fault detection and minimizing downtime.

Process Automation (i)

Automate business processes in response to detected errors or problematic situations. Benefit from demand-oriented maintenance and higher machine availability. Minimize internal friction losses by increasing your operational speed.

Energy Management (i)

Make the energy consumption of your facilities and the entire manufacturing environment visible. Reduce energy costs and CO2 emissions through targeted measures with energy management software.

Production Network
Document Management (i)

CONTACT Documents organizes all documents throughout the lifecycle of your products in a reliable and verifiable way. Whether it's CAD models, manufacturing documents, multimedia files, emails, or customer documentation, project teams and departments across the entire company use the same documents at the push of a button.

Asset Management (i)

Manage your industrial machines and assets as Digital Twins, to have all information from their lifecycle and current operation always at hand. Maximize the potential of your assets by optimizing productivity based on usage data analyses and relevant Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).

Maintenance Management (i)

Coordinate every maintenance operation on your facilities with efficiency and ease. Extend their lifecycle and save costs by defining maintenance protocols at the component level and controlling the execution and documentation of all measures with automated processes.

Workforce Scheduling (i)

React quickly and transparently to spontaneous staff shortages and prevent delays in the production process. Short-term workforce planning helps you meet delivery deadlines and avoid potential penalties.

Operating Data Collection (i)

The worker interface "MyShopfloor" provides all relevant information necessary to execute work. Capture manual feedback on production progress and downtime through this interface.

Machine Data Collection (i)

Automate data collection and combine data from machine control with sensor information through IoT connectivity to holistically monitor the performance of your facility.

Metrics & Analysis (i)

Define intelligent rules and analyses to monitor the condition and performance of your assets, increasing Overall Equipment Efficiency (OEE) through early fault detection and minimizing downtime.

Process Automation (i)

Automate business processes in response to detected errors or problematic situations. Benefit from demand-oriented maintenance and higher machine availability. Minimize internal friction losses by increasing your operational speed.

Energy Management (i)

Make the energy consumption of your facilities and the entire manufacturing environment visible. Reduce energy costs and CO2 emissions through targeted measures with energy management software.

Global Overview & Control (i)

Connect your distributed manufacturing sites using the multi-site approach to keep an eye on production metrics and establish templates and standardized processes for all plants. Benefit from harmonized workflows and leverage valuable insights from comparisons across locations.

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ON DEMAND WEBCAST

Smart Operational Excellence

Learn how to optimize planning reliability, equipment availability, and production quality.

ON DEMAND WEBCAST

Smart Operational Excellence

Learn how to optimize planning reliability, equipment availability, and production quality.
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ON DEMAND WEBCAST

Smart Operational Excellence

Learn how to optimize planning reliability, equipment availability, and production quality.

Ready for the next step?

Contact us for a personal consultation and find out how CONTACT Elements for IoT revolutionizes your production. Get your production ready for the future!

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Smart Factory in practice

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Camshaft specialist manages global production with CONTACT Elements

thyssenkrupp, as a partner to automotive manufacturers, develops innovative solutions for powertrains. The global market leader is digitalizing shopfloor management at all manufacturing sites and relies on the CONTACT Elements platform for production control and plant maintenance. The powertrain division of the world-renowned German conglomerate aims to increase its productivity along the industrial value chain and strengthen its position as a technologically leading supplier to the automotive industry.

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Using the digital twin for the intelligent factory

Mitsubishi Electric is one of the leading suppliers in the field of factory automation. The company manufactures robot, control, and drive technology. As a member of the partner network e-F@ctory Alliance, CONTACT Software supports Mitsubishi Electric's business unit in providing complete solutions to its customers for intelligently connected production. The open low-code platform CONTACT Elements for IoT provides the technology and application modules for this purpose.

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Shopfloor management and condition monitoring

The high-tech specialist Kübler develops and manufactures products and solutions for measurement, transmission, and evaluation. With this portfolio, the company is an enabler for Industry 4.0 and Smart Factory. Kübler uses CONTACT's Elements for IoT not only for shopfloor management and condition monitoring in production. Find out how Kübler combines PLM and IoT into a closed-loop process and offers its customers real added value through the digital nameplate.

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FAQ

Here you will find answers to the most frequently asked questions.

For the digitalization of production, Elements for IoT offers a Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM) system. In addition to typical MES functionalities, the Smart Factory solution provides support for areas such as maintenance, energy management, and document management. Your company gains a complete insight into manufacturing processes and improves their performance through automation and the cross-functional application of AI mechanisms.

Our MES/MOM software is industry-agnostic. It is used by both custom manufacturers with lot size one and in discrete series production. A company's digital maturity level also doesn't matter: We tailor the software to our customers' situation and develop a digitalization strategy that can be implemented step-by-step.

Thanks to the modular architecture of Elements for IoT, you can gradually increase the digital maturity level of your production - from the digitalization of production processes to the global optimization of production planning and maintenance. With your current state in mind, we develop a digitalization strategy that allows you to implement your smart factory at your own pace.

Elements for IoT is based on our integration platform CONTACT Elements. This platform uses open standards such as HTML5, REST, or Python and enables seamless synchronization with third-party systems via powerful interfaces – whether from your own IT landscape or from suppliers. This allows you to easily connect your enterprise IT (ERP, CRM, etc.) with Operational Technology (OT) and create continuous information flows from the manufacturing to the management level.

Elements for IoT is industry-agnostic and is used by both custom manufacturers with single-unit production and in series production. You can configure the software with minimal effort so that it fits your processes and familiar terminology.


The complete IoT platform - powered by CONTACT Elements

Powered by CONTACT Elements means: You use the most advanced platform and technology worldwide to connect the physical and digital realms. The flexible modular principle of CONTACT Elements represents solutions that surpass the sum of their parts: outstanding individually, unique in combination.