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EDITORIAL
Dear readers, “Automated Engineering” is the topic that pervades this issue of our IU. What do we imagine when we hear this term? And what benefits can it give us? Well, in short: if I automate something, it runs independently, it can be repeated with the same quality and maybe even without the help of engineers. zenon offers you many methods to increasingly automate your engineering: by means of wizards, for example. Guided through a user interface, your projects, or parts thereof, are created automatically. This is most of all beneficial if you have repetitive tasks or want to always use the same templates. Or, you could have your complete project generated automatically using external applications such as planning systems. This is a requirement that is also anchored in the “Recommendations for implementing the strategic initiative INDUSTRIE 4.0” from the institutions Forschungsunion and acatech. What is described as a future scenario in this document is already available now in zenon. Creating variables, screens and logic automatically, direct from planning, saves time and increases quality simultaneously. Once configured correctly, centrally, the system always works with the same data source. Reusable parts of projects are only checked once and can then be used many times. Let yourself be inspired by the range of possibilities that zenon provides for automated engineering. I wish you all an exciting read and hope that it inspires you to try this excellent functionality yourselves.
thom a s punzenberger , ceo
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