• Efficiency: seamless structures and processes
• Optimisation: service performance maximisation and risk minimisation
• Integration: control of material flows and supply chain management
• Competitiveness: support in globalisation
• Compliance: conformity with standards and statutory requirements
• Safety: meet and exceed regulations and requirements
• Synergies: take advantage of the experiences in other industries

The global wind energy market is currently booming. More and more major energy providers are recognising the inherent potential in this growth market and are extending their portfolios to include wind power. Globalisation is the mainstay of corporate growth strategies, and small and medium-sized enterprises are significant exporters these days.

However, sooner or later, this leads to surplus capacities and a process of consolidation, which means that the wind turbines will have to deliver more effciently and manufacturers and suppliers will have to satisfy more stringent requirements to survive in global competition.

The suppliers have to proactively support the manufacturers, for example, by standardising, modularising and reducing costs in conjunction with delivering higher quality while minimising risks. Operational management control, safety technology and operating devices have to be perfectly harmonised. Fastest possible response times, intuitive operation and comprehensive diagnostic options guarantee maximum turbine reliability for the user.

Windparks which are difficult to access and located in extreme environments pose technological challenges. They necessitate robust and durable control systems with advanced communication features because standards and regulations demand integrated solutions which reliably, simply and transparently unite all components. Maximum availability, durability and robustness are properties that suppliers have to ensure so that they can evolve into reliable systems partners to wind turbine operators and manufacturers.

Suppliers receive orders for wind turbine systems and components from all over the world. Their main objective is to reduce manufacturing and operating costs, extend lifespan and increase system quality. The highest priority in this connection is the satisfaction of high production-related and customer-related industrial standards.

The fastest way to achieve these objectives is to use a manufacturing execution system. The iTAC.MES.Suite is a configurable standard software with comprehensive analysis functions which makes a valuable contribution to the comprehensive mapping of complex automated and manual processes. It also permits the acquisition and integration of all relevant data from the various systems in real time. This provides advantages such as optimum transparency, the verification of process steps and data, inventory optimisation, an increased degree of automation and many more.

The iTAC.MES.Suite facilitates seamless structures and smooth processes, plus optimised material flows and supply chain management. It enables suppliers to comply with standards, statutory requirements and safety regulations. They can perceptibly improve their performance and service level while minimising risks to practically zero. As a result, the suppliers are reliable systems partners with the competitive strength to play in the international premier league.

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