5 Use cases

5.1 Quality assurance/traceability

The user wants to be able to create a good and comprehensive representation of process parameters using standardized modelling of process values. This should enable the monitoring and traceability of production processes.

5.2 Illustration of the physical plant network

If several plants are in a line, the information model should make it possible to visualize the points of contact between the different plant sections using references.

5.3 Preventive Maintenance

The standardized modelling of different counters should make it possible to provide data to fulfil the use case of preventive maintenance.

5.4 Harmonizing with existing standards

If available, the customer wants to be able to fall back on cross-industry preparatory work and comply with existing standards. The OPC UA for Machinery standard should be mentioned here in particular. If possible and sensible, different building blocks from OPC UA for Machinery should be implemented in the information model of the material supply system.