Revolutionizing Industrial Operations with a Standardized Data Model

The Challenge

Industrial enterprises faced critical barriers to digital transformation. Their operational data was trapped in fragmented, siloed systems like PLC, SCADA, and OPC. This led to several key challenges:

• Lack of Standardization: Each new plant required a custom, from-scratch solution, making deployments slow, costly, and difficult to scale.

• Data Fragmentation: With no unified view of operations, it was impossible to gain holistic insights or compare performance across facilities.

• Reactive Maintenance: Field workers relied on manual processes to report equipment issues, leading to unplanned downtime and operational inefficiencies.

Recro's Role & The Solution: Engineering the Front End for Industrial Innovation

Recro provided elite front-end engineering talent to them, contributing to the development of a key mobile application that sits on top of their groundbreaking industrial data platform.

The overall solution, engineered by them, was built on two core innovations:

1. The Industrial Data Model (IDM): They developed a revolutionary, device-centric data model. Instead of building custom solutions for each type of plant (e.g., thermal, automotive), the IDM standardizes data around common industrial "assets" (pumps, valves, etc.), making the model applicable across any industry.

2. The Mobile Application: Recro's engineers helped build the user-facing mobile app that empowers field workers. The app allows them to report equipment abnormalities with photos and videos, manage scheduled maintenance tasks, and receive prioritized work orders, all from a mobile device.

The Impact: Scalability, Speed, and a New Industry Standard

Their innovative platform, with contributions from Recro's engineering talent, has transformed the industrial IoT landscape.

• 80% Reduction in Implementation Time: The standardized, device-centric model allows for template-based deployments, dramatically reducing implementation time compared to custom-built solutions.

• Proven Cross-Industry Scalability: The IDM has been successfully replicated across diverse sectors, including automotive and power generation, proving the model's flexibility and power.

• International Market Validation: The platform has been successfully adopted by demanding and quality-focused manufacturing clients in Germany and Japan.

Platform Reliability: The solution has been in continuous, successful operation across multiple client facilities for over 2-3 years.