
🏭 Manufacturing · Network
A segmented plant network following the Purdue model: control devices, supervisory systems, the plant DMZ and the corporate network.
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Network topology for a manufacturing plant (Purdue model): Level 0-1 production cells with PLCs, robots and drives on industrial switches; Level 2 SCADA and HMI; Level 3 MES, historian and engineering workstations; a Level 3.5 DMZ with patch server, remote access jump host and historian replica between two firewalls; Level 4-5 corporate network with ERP and internet access.
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subgraph L01[Level 0-1: Cells]
C1[Cell 1: PLCs, robots]
C2[Cell 2: PLCs, drives]
SW1[Industrial switches]
end
subgraph L2[Level 2: Supervisory]
SCADA[SCADA]
HMI[HMIs]
end
subgraph L3[Level 3: Site operations]
MES[MES]
HIS[(Historian)]
ENG[Engineering workstations]
end
subgraph DMZ[Level 3.5: Plant DMZ]
PATCH[Patch server]
JUMP[Remote access jump host]
REP[(Historian replica)]
end
subgraph IT[Level 4-5: Corporate]
ERP[ERP]
NET((Internet))
end
C1 --- SW1
C2 --- SW1
SW1 --- SCADA
SCADA --- HMI
SCADA --- MES
MES --- HIS
ENG --- SCADA
HIS --- FW1{{Firewall}} --- REP
FW1 --- PATCH
FW1 --- JUMP
REP --- FW2{{Firewall}} --- ERP
FW2 --- NETThe states a production order goes through on the shop floor, from release by planning to closure, including material shortages, rework and scrap.
An incoming and in-process quality inspection flow: sampling, measurement against the spec, and what happens to a batch that fails.
A connected factory: machines and sensors on the shop floor, an edge layer, MES and ERP, and cloud analytics for OEE and predictive maintenance.
How production orders flow from ERP planning to the shop floor MES and how confirmations, goods movements and scrap flow back.
How vibration and temperature data from machines becomes a maintenance work order before the machine fails.
How materials flow from suppliers to customers in a manufacturing business: purchasing, inbound quality, production, warehousing and distribution.