Glossary
The terms, briefly explained.
From PLC to sovereignty — 50 terms from this demo. Each links straight to where it shows up live.
Production & plant
Control room / SCADA search ⌕ Live view of all machines with state and readings. Plant twin search ⌕ Clickable 3D drilldown plant → machine → cabinet → plan. Control cabinet search ⌕ Enclosure with PLC, drives, terminals and fuses. SPS / CPU search ⌕ Programmable logic controller — turns inputs into outputs. Variable-frequency drive (VFD) search ⌕ Sets the speed of servo and spindle motors. Wiring plan search ⌕ Schematic of a component — the drilldown goes this far. Digital twin search ⌕ Line simulation: throughput, scrap, cost as what-if. Predictive maintenance search ⌕ Derive maintenance from vibration/temperature before failure.
Data, BI & historian
Historian search ⌕ Time-series store per machine — temperature, vibration. Time series search ⌕ A measurement over time, the basis for trend and alert. OEE search ⌕ Overall equipment effectiveness = availability × performance × quality. Process-Drift search ⌕ Slow deviation — BI sees it before final inspection. Mass balance search ⌕ Where material and yield are lost.
ERP & process
Make-to-order search ⌕ Build to order rather than to stock — Nordwerk's model. MRP search ⌕ Material requirements planning: computes demand + production orders. Bill of materials (BOM) ↗ Which raw materials go into a product. Batch / lot search ⌕ A traceable production quantity. Picking search ⌕ Assembling finished goods for shipment. Lead / opportunity search ⌕ An inquiry on its way to becoming an order (CRM). Service contract / SLA search ⌕ Committed maintenance + response time for the customer. Complaint / 8D search ⌕ Resolve a damage case structurally + prevent recurrence.
AI, operations & sovereignty
AI answer (RAG) → A language model answers only from the company's own data, with sources. AI & humans search ⌕ What the AI takes on — and what still needs humans. Read-only → Look around, nothing can break — all demos are read-only. Lock-in search ⌕ Dependence on one vendor — exactly what the stack avoids. Sovereignty search ⌕ All self-hosted, data stays in-house.
Security & compliance
ISMS → Information security management system: rules, risks and evidence in one place. ISO 27001:2022 → The standard for information security — 93 controls in four themes (Annex A). NIS2 search ⌕ EU directive for essential & important entities — duty of risk preparedness. Risk heatmap → Likelihood × impact per risk, with the measure attached. SIEM → Intrusion detection: suspicious behaviour on servers and clients is alerted. SSO / MFA → One login via open standard, a second factor as protection. Audit trail → Who did what when — traceable and tamper-evident.
Operations & resilience
Out-of-band (OOB) → Access to the machine even when network or OS is dead — its own cellular link. Backup 3-2-1 → Three copies, two media, one off-site. Restore test → A backup only counts once the restore is proven. App kiosk → Self-service software with no admin rights for the user. LAPS → A rotating local admin password per device — no domain admin needed. MDM search ⌕ Manage mobile devices centrally: enrollment, kiosk mode, apps, locking. CMDB / network BIM search ⌕ Sites, devices, VLANs and cabling as a living model. Mesh-VPN → An encrypted network between sites with alternative paths.
Costing, KPIs & assets
Lot costing → Cost per batch, traceable down to the document. Net realisable value (NRV) → Value inventory at the lower amount — automatic, audit-proof. Landed-Cost → Roll freight, duty and insurance into material cost. Management review → Regular review of the KPIs with actions and owners. KPI snapshot → Every monthly state is frozen — audit-proof, no polishing. Maintenance (asset) search ⌕ Asset, standard, inspection interval and docs on one object. PED search ⌕ EU Pressure Equipment Directive for vessels, tanks and lines. MCP search ⌕ Protocol through which the AI accesses search, permission-checked. NFC tracking → Scan containers by radio chip, record location and photo.