PTC Announces New ThingWorx Manufacturing Apps
ThingWorx Manufacturing Apps Enable Improved Operational Performance and Accelerated Time-to-Value
PTC (NASDAQ:PTC) today announced at LiveWorx®17 the launch of new ThingWorx® manufacturing apps. The new role-based
manufacturing apps are fast to deploy and provide industrial companies with real-time operational intelligence to make more
proactive and faster decisions.
The ThingWorx manufacturing apps are built on the industry-leading ThingWorx platform, a robust, purpose-built Industrial IoT
platform that includes technologies and tools that enable companies to rapidly develop, deploy and extend apps and augmented
reality experiences. The ThingWorx manufacturing apps are part of a new generation of Industrial IoT web/mobile applications, which
include the successful ThingWorx Navigate ™ app. The manufacturing apps unify data from enterprise
business systems and the sensored physical world, and deliver user information and real-time insight in context for individual
roles. The new manufacturing apps help simplify digital transformation, are fast to deploy, and allow for codeless app
extensibility for ongoing rapid innovation. The ThingWorx manufacturing starter apps will be available via a free download and can
be deployed in production in under one hour.
The new ThingWorx manufacturing apps include:
ThingWorx Controls Advisor — gives controls engineers the ability to rapidly connect to and remotely visualize data from
virtually any Programmable Logic Controller (PLC), IoT Gateway or connected asset. It enables them to monitor and troubleshoot
machine connectivity and provides instant notification of data communication errors that may cause the loss of critical production
data. With proactive issue identification and rapid trending and troubleshooting, manufacturers can improve data quality and
reliability and reduce unplanned downtime.
ThingWorx Asset Advisor — provides real-time visibility into the health and status of critical assets. The app alerts
maintenance/service technicians to potential problems that may impact unplanned downtime and optimize maintenance execution, while
delivering simple, easy-to-use capabilities to trend and troubleshoot issues. It remotely monitors and detects anomalies across
various assets and allows users to understand asset performance and minimize unplanned downtime. Maintenance and service
technicians can make better informed, faster decisions with unified real-time connectivity across critical production assets and
take corrective action before problems impact production.
ThingWorx Production Advisor — rapidly unifies disparate sources of operational and business data. With the ThingWorx
Production Advisor app, production managers have real-time visibility into production status and critical KPIs such as
availability, performance, quality and Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE). The app also enables plant managers to monitor the
real-time operational performance of the factory— all lines, all assets, with up-to-the-minute production status and performance
KPIs. By having real-time machine and business data available in a contextualized format, the app delivers actionable intelligence
to enable proactive and faster decision making to prevent problems and drive continuous improvement.
“We are at the precipice of the fourth industrial revolution and there is significant opportunity inherent in the
physical-digital convergence of manufacturing operations,” said Howard Heppelmann, divisional general manager, Connected Operations
Solutions, PTC. “The launch of the new ThingWorx manufacturing apps continues PTC’s focus and investment in Industrial IoT, and
gives manufacturers more tools to dramatically simplify their digital transformation and accelerate time-to-value.”
Additional Resources
About PTC (NASDAQ: PTC)
PTC has the most robust Internet of Things technology in the world. In 1986, we revolutionized digital 3D design, and in 1998
were first to market with Internet-based PLM. Now our leading IoT and AR platform and field-proven solutions bring together the
physical and digital worlds to reinvent the way you create, operate, and service products. With PTC, global manufacturers and an
ecosystem of partners and developers can capitalize on the promise of the IoT today and drive the future of innovation.
PTC, ThingWorx, Navigate, LiveWorx, and the PTC logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of PTC Inc. or its subsidiaries in
the United States and other countries.
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