Collaborative automation

Schneider Electric is providing manufacturing organisations with a real step into the world of collaborative automation with its announcement of Unity, a next generation set of automation products, services and strategies.

Unity provides a new approach to the development and operation of automation systems, an approach which is designed to increase productivity by allowing real-time communication to and between all stages of the complete product life cycle.

It allows organisations to get a complete picture of their operation, assisting and simplifying decision-making to meet market demands and enhance competitiveness.

The three key elements of Unity are the software platform, the transparent ready infrastructure and the Partner program. Transparent Ready is already available. The other elements are being released progressively, allowing organisations to evolve their operations to meet the needs of the increasingly competitive business environment.

Unity offers a redesigned architecture, new functions for greater collaboration between tools, and greater productivity over the life cycle of the application. It will provide a complete platform for future development of automation solutions.