The MIDIH approach for defining and implementing a data-driven, open source and standards-based I4.0 reference architecture for pan-European DIHs, allowing manufacturing companies to stay on the wave of industry digitization and providing flexibility and agility for developers and systems integrators

1. MIDIH, towards a flexible, modular and open source Reference
Architecture for a digital manufacturing platform for Industry 4.0
TRAIN 1 - From Gare du MIDIH to
Digital Innovation Hubs:
methods and tools for DIH
governance and sustainability
TRAIN 2 - from Gare du MIDIH to
Open Source Digital Manufacturing
Platforms

2. MIDIH, towards a flexible,
modular and open source
Reference Architecture for a
digital manufacturing
platform for Industry 4.0
Jesús Benedicto - ATOS

3. • An edge-oriented distributed
architecture (derivative work
from Connected Factories FoF11
projects FAR EDGE, AUTOWARE
and DAEDALUS) implementing
the IEC61499 standard in local
clouds according to the ARTEMIS
Arrowhead (and ECSEL
Productive 4.0) projects.
• A set of open APIs to
interoperate MIDIH OS
Platform with proprietary
solutions for Cloud
Manufacturing (Siemens
Mindsphere), PLM (Dassault
3DExperience), ERP (SAP
Hama) and IoT (GE Predix).
• A MIDIH Industrial Analytics
Platform, made up by a set of
specific Open Source
components for CPS/IOT
Data Management, from
different Open Source
projects such as APACHE,
federated via an Enterprise
Service Bus.
MIDIH Project - Technical Outline
The MIDIH Open Platform extends the Open Source BEinCPPS Platform with new components and
functionalities such as edge-oriented factory automation, brownfield interoperability & Industrial Analytics.

4. Industrial Reference Models and Architectures for IIoT
MIDIH project aims at developing a meta-model where the four main Reference Architectures concerned
with CPS/IOT and Industry 4.0 domains could be aligned and interoperated for the development of Smart
Factory, Smart Product and Smart Supply Chain reference implementations: the FIWARE RA, the IDS RA,
the IIC RA and the Plattform Industrie 4.0 RAMI 4.0 have been therefore considered, as main inputs for
MIDIH.

5. IIRA Layered Databus: A Data-Driven approach
MIDIH follows a data-driven approach, inspired by the IIRA Layered Databus Architectural Pattern and its
Machine-Unit-Site and Intersite layers.
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This is the level of Real World Sensors, Objects, Devices,
Machines, Products. Often, this Databus is embedded as
Smart System (e.g. a CPPS, a Robot, a Car, a Truck, a
Container.
The Site and Unit layers could also be coincident, but we can
identify the Unit layer with Edge-Cloud layers in Production
Line vs. Factory, Department Assets vs. Enterprise.
The Inter-site Databus encompasses cross-site interactions,
so typically cross-Factory, cross-Enterprise value chain
interactions

6. MIDIH Reference Architecture: functional layers and capabilities

7. Security
Security
Management,
Authentication,
Authorization
Identity
Management
Data Protection
and Privacy
Data Aceess / Information Layer (APIs, Microservices, SDKs) Inter-site Secure Data-Bus
Applications and Services Third Party Platforms
Smart Factory Smart Products
Data Sources (devices, sensors, actuators,..)
Cloud
Computin g
(Hybrid Clouds)
Industrial AnalyticsAnalytics Middleware
DaR Security DaR Offline Processing
DaR Visualization DaR ServicesDaR Information Bus
Data-at-Rest
Data Semantic Models
Edge
Computing
(Local Clouds)
Industrial IoTIoT Middleware
DiM Security DiM Offline Processing
DiM Visualization DiM ServicesDiM Events Broker
Data-in-Motion
Field Gateway
Data Persistence
Middleware
Streaming and
Batch Analytics
(Data Management
& Integration)
MIDIH Data-driven Reference Architecture

8. Open Source Componentes Identification and mapping

9. MIDIH
Solution
provided

10. Advantages and disadvantages of the Implementation lanes
Commonalities
• Flexibility and Agility, speed, Cost-effectiveness, Ability to start small, share maintenance cost
• Open, Interoperable, Integrable, Scalable platform at Low costs.
Pros FIWARE vs APACHE:
• Standard API for accessing Context Information
• Brings a standard to Interchange Data based on a common Context Information Management
Layer, and it is capable to deal with the wide variety of IoT protocols.
• Several GEs are based on apache components (i.e. Draco – Nifi, Cygnus – Flume, ..)
• The FIWARE Marketplace (showcases of the best solutions and services based on FIWARE).
Cons:
• Lack of vendor expertise; Low platform security & Comprehensiveness.
• Fewer applications in real environments.
• Community/Ecosystem – Apache has a stronger community, So, a greater support and
evolution of the components

11. SF
MIDIH
SMART FACTORY
INTEGRATED
ARCHITECTURE
Smart Factory, Smart Product & Smart Supply Chain Functionalities
MIDIH Integrated Platforms
• Collection and transfer of all types of data (Data Ingestion)
• Real-time analytics, processing huge amount of streaming data in order to predict and detect
events based on underlying patterns and correlations (processing DiM), applying edge computing
techniques
• Storage layer for persisting all type of data (past data, meta-data, models ) Data Persistence.
• Data-analytics services on multidimensional and complex data, including exploratory analysis,
multivariate analysis, predictive analytics and deep learning (processing DaR)
• Visualization services to enable users to contextualize, understand and apply results for better
decision making
SP
MIDIH
SMART PRODUCT
INTEGRATED
ARCHITECTURE
• Collaboration between OEMs and subcontracts through standardized interfaces
• Global real-time visibility regarding production, inventory, and materials;
• Supply chain decision-making through advanced analytics and next generation optimization
software, allowing a quick response in supply chain planning’s;
• Provide mechanisms for secure data sharing based on digital identity, sharing policy, sharing
agreement and data certification.
MIDIH
SMART SUPPLY CHAIN
INTEGRATED
ARCHITECTURE
SSC

12. Smart Factory &
Smart Product
MIDIH Open
Source RA
Implementation

13. Smart Supply Chain MIDIH Open Source RA Implementation

14. NECO Lighthouse Pilot CRF Lighthouse Pilot
Smart Supply Chain
Smart Factory
MIDIH Innovation Lighthouse Pilots
IDSA Lighthouse Pilot
Smart Supply Chain
Smart Product
Smart Factory

15. THANK
YOU!
Jesús Benedicto
jesus.benedicto@atos.net

16. THANK
YOU!