Episode 132: Open Source Software for Manufacturing with UMH's Alex Krüger
Description
This week’s guest is Alex Krüger, Co-founder and CEO of United Manufacturing Hub, or UMH.
Alex shares his journey from working on integration projects in consulting fresh out of college, to founding UMH and building an open source alternative to the offerings from incumbent vendors. He breaks down the role of the open source software movement in manufacturing, how the Unified Namespace architecture compares to the traditional ISA-95 model, and how IT can best enable OT to solve problems. Plus, he shares his vision for how microservice-based MES solutions can disrupt the existing monolithic applications.
Augmented Ops is a podcast for industrial leaders, shop floor operators, citizen developers, and anyone else that cares about what the future of frontline operations will look like across industries. This show is presented by Tulip, the Frontline Operations Platform. You can find more from us at Tulip.co/podcast or by following the show on LinkedIn. UMH is a Tulip Technology Ecosystem Partner.
Special Guest: Alex Krüger.
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