Below are some typical examples from our customers to give you an idea of pricing. Please note that these are standardized examples, which are subject to individual configurations.
- Machine connection Product data:
You want to connect three machines in one of your plants, which are to query product data from the ERP system at runtime. Your expected volume is 500 units/month.
You need a server that accepts your requests, a server that provides the database connection to your ERP system, and three machines that act as three clients.
You design your requirement to query product data in a workflow:
- Step 1: You validate your clients' requests and process only consistent records.
- Step 2: You enrich the machine data with meta information to create key information valid for your ERP database.
- Step 3: You execute a dynamic database query.
- Step 4: You edit the query results to harmonize them or perform other formatting.
With this setting and a volume of 500 units/month, costs would be as follows:
| Position | Designation | Number | Unit price | Total price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base | Active Server | 2 | 250,00 | 500,00 |
| Base | Active Client | 3 | 35,00 | 105,00 |
| Transaction | Workflow step 1 | 500 | 0,02 | 10,00 |
| Transaction | Workflow step 2 | 500 | 0,02 | 10,00 |
| Transaction | Workflow step 3 | 500 | 0,02 | 10,00 |
| Transaction | Workflow step 4 | 500 | 0,02 | 10,00 |
| Total | . | . | . | 645,00 |
In this example you will find
- Monthly costs for the basic products 'Active Server' and Active Client' in the amount of EUR 605.00. It should be noted that the server which accepts the requests is required at least once and can be used for a large number of clients. The same applies to the database connection.
- Monthly transaction volume for the product 'Workflow-Step' in the amount of EUR 40.00.
This is made up of the 4 workflow steps at EUR 0.02 each for an assumed 500 units.
- Update product completion message
You would like to connect two production lines in one of your plants, which should automatically post your production completion messages in the ERP system. Your expected volume is 1000 units/month.
To do this, you need a server that communicates with your assets and a server that handles the connection to your database, your ERP system's APIs, or its WebServises; the two assets present themselves as two clients.
You design your requirement to update completion confirmations in a workflow:
- Step 1: You validate your clients' requests and process only consistent records.
- Step 2: You enrich the machine data with meta information to generate valid posting information for your ERP database.
- Step 3: You unload a production order in the ERP system. To do this, you want to call a SOAP-based web service or similar API of your ERP system.
- Step 4: You use the results of your ERP system from step 3 to generate a package ID in the ERP system for the reported quantity. You return this ID to the machine control system
- Step 5: The system must pack the manufactured quantity into the package with the generated ID. To do this, call a SOAP-based web service or similar API of your ERP system.
- Step 6: You still want to validate the results of the ERP transactions and return them to the machine control as a consolidated result.
- Step 7: The package leaves the system; for this purpose, it is posted to a corresponding warehouse by the system. For this purpose, you call a SOAP-based web service or similar API of your ERP system.
With this setting and a volume of 1000 units/month, costs would be as follows:
| Position | Designation | Number | Unit price | Total price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base | Active Server | 2 | 250,00 | 500,00 |
| Base | Active Client | 2 | 35,00 | 70,00 |
| Transaction | Workflow step 1 | 1000 | 0,02 | 20,00 |
| Transaction | Workflow step 2 | 1000 | 0,02 | 20,00 |
| Transaction | Workflow step 3 | 1000 | 0,02 | 20,00 |
| Transaction | Workflow step 4 | 1000 | 0,02 | 20,00 |
| Transaction | Workflow step 5 | 1000 | 0,02 | 20,00 |
| Transaction | Workflow step 6 | 1000 | 0,02 | 20,00 |
| Transaction | Workflow step 7 | 1000 | 0,02 | 20,00 |
| Total | . | . | . | 710,00 |
In this example you will find:
- Monthly costs for the basic products 'Active Server' and 'Active Client' of EUR 570.00. Please note that the server is required at least once and can be used for a large number of clients.
- Monthly transaction volume for the product 'Workflow-Step' in the amount of EUR 140.00. This is made up of the 7 Workflow-Steps at EUR 0.02 each for an assumed 1000 units.
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