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Happy Thanksgiving from 4.0 Solutions! Today, we want to say a heartfelt thank you to this incredible community of engineers, architects, leaders, and lifelong learners. Without you, none of what we do would be possible. We are truly humbled that you choose to put your trust in us as partners on your digital transformation journey. Whether you’re celebrating Thanksgiving or simply spending time with loved ones this week, please know how grateful we are for your support, your engagement, and your passion for building a better future for industry. Wishing you and your families a safe, joyful, and restorative holiday week. Thank you for being part of the 4.0 community — we’re honored to walk this path with you.

Announcing Tulip as a Silver Sponsor for ProveIt! 2026!   Tulip Interfaces delivered one of the most talked-about sessions at ProveIt! 2025 — and we’re thrilled to welcome them back as a Silver Sponsor for ProveIt! 2026.   If you’re looking for a platform that empowers frontline teams, eliminates paper, ensures quality, and provides real-time visibility across operations, Tulip is a vendor you will not want to miss.   Event Details 🗓️ February 16–20, 2026   📌 Hyatt Regency at Reunion Tower – Dallas, TX   Why Tulip? Tulip is the leader in frontline operations, helping manufacturers bring people, processes, and data together through connected, composable apps.   With Tulip, those closest to the work — operators, engineers, supervisors — can build and deploy digital workflows that improve quality, boost productivity, and create real-time traceability across the entire operation.   Their platform is: Cloud-based Edge-connected Composable No-code/low-code And built to power continuous improvement   From complex discrete manufacturing to pharmaceuticals and medical devices, Tulip enables teams to solve big operational challenges without the burden of custom development or rigid MES deployments.   What Tulip Brings to ProveIt! 2026 Composable Frontline Apps — Built by the People Doing the Work Tulip empowers frontline teams to create guided workflows, digital forms, checklists, audits, inspections, and operator guidance tools without writing code.   Edge Connectivity for Real-Time Visibility Tulip integrates live machine and sensor data, connecting the edge to the cloud to give teams a holistic, real-time view of production, quality, and performance.   Error-Proofing + Traceability Tulip’s platform is built to reduce human error, enforce best practices, and provide end-to-end traceability — critical for regulated industries and high-complexity manufacturing.   Real-Time Data for Continuous Improvement Tulip captures granular operational data directly from the frontline, enabling teams to analyze trends, identify bottlenecks, and improve processes in real time.   Trusted Across Industries Companies across manufacturing, pharma, biotech, and medical devices rely on Tulip to digitize frontline workflows and achieve operational excellence.   MIT Spinout With Deep Industrial Roots Born out of MIT’s advanced manufacturing research, Tulip combines cutting-edge innovation with practical, shop-floor-ready capability. Tulip bridges the gap between people and systems, helping organizations move beyond paper, spreadsheets, and tribal knowledge — toward connected, insight-driven, error-proof operations.   If your factory still relies on manual workflows or disconnected processes, Tulip is a must-see at ProveIt! 2026.   Tickets are on sale now   🔗 Link in comments   #ProveIt2026 #Tulip #FrontlineOperations #DigitalWorkflows #Traceability #EdgeConnectivity #ContinuousImprovement #Industry40 #ManufacturingApps #NoCode #40Solutions #WalkerReynolds  

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Most MES vendors don’t actually understand MES. Here’s the truth nobody wants to say out loud: MES is not the same for everyone. Every manufacturer runs differently. Every process is unique. Every data model is shaped by the business, not the software. The only universal part of MES is the Core Four: Work Orders Scheduling Downtime OEE Everything else needs to be customizable, scalable, and architected around the business — not hardcoded into rigid modules that force the plant to conform to the software. And yet… most MES platforms are built exactly that way. MES done wrong: One-size-fits-all modules Rigid data structures Hardcoded relationships Customizations that break upgrades Every plant rollout becomes a new “project” Scaling from 1 site → 3 sites becomes a rebuild MES done right: Schema-first, not screen-first 2D + 3D relationships modeled correctly Multi-tenant enterprise architecture Event-driven orchestration Build once → extend everywhere Data model matches the business (not the other way around) This is why platforms like Fuuz stand out in a crowded MES market. They treat MES as a platform, not a product. The Core Four come standardized — everything else adapts to the real operations, real data, and real complexity of your business. If you want to see what MES done right looks like, we just broke it down in our recent Problem Solvers session. 👉 Link to check out Fuuz is in the comments below. #MES #Manufacturing #DigitalTransformation #Industry40 #MESArchitecture #ERP #UnifiedOperations #Fuuz #WalkerReynolds #40Solutions

Announcing Siemens as a Silver Sponsor for ProveIt! 2026!   A collaboration between @Siemens WinCC OA & Siemens Healthineers   Siemens returns to ProveIt! as a Silver Sponsor, bringing together two powerhouse divisions — WinCC OA and Healthineers — to demonstrate how modern SCADA, real-time data architectures, and regulated manufacturing intelligence converge inside the ProveIt! infrastructure.   If you’re working in discrete, batch, continuous, or regulated environments (including pharma and biotech), this is one of the most important vendors to watch at ProveIt! 2026.   Event Details 🗓️ February 16–20, 2026   📌 Hyatt Regency at Reunion Tower – Dallas, TX   Why Siemens? Siemens is one of the world’s most influential industrial technology companies — combining hardware, software, infrastructure, and automation expertise at unmatched scale.   Their mission is clear: Combine the real and digital worlds to drive the next generation of industrial transformation. At ProveIt! 2026, Siemens is showcasing that mission through a combined presence from WinCC OA and Siemens Healthineers.   What Siemens Brings to ProveIt! 2026 WinCC OA — Modern, Scalable IIoT Platform for Complex Operations WinCC OA (Open Architecture) is Siemens’ flagship IIoT problem solving platform designed for high availability, massive scalability, and cross-industry flexibility.   Built to handle the demanding needs of: Pharmaceutical & biotech manufacturing Utilities + water/wastewater Transportation & large distributed systems Complex batch + hybrid processes   WinCC OA is fully aligned with modern data architectures — supporting open standards, scalable distributed systems, and integrations that fit UNS-driven environments. Expect to see: Federated data models Modular architectures Real-time visualization Interoperability within the shared ProveIt! UNS Support for regulated + validated workflows   Siemens Healthineers They bring deep expertise in: Electronic batch records PAT (Process Analytical Technology) GxP-compliant digitalization Quality + regulatory alignment End-to-end pharmaceutical data integrity   Together with WinCC OA, they’ll show how manufacturers can harmonize OT systems, SCADA, MES, and quality operations in a way that meets the strictest regulatory expectations without sacrificing speed or innovation.   Why This Collaboration Matters Most industrial vendors show up with a single product. Siemens is showing up with an ecosystem. The joint presence of WinCC OA + Siemens Pharma bridges: OT control SCADA MES + electronic batch Quality and regulatory compliance Enterprise-level digital orchestration   Siemens is one of the most important vendors to watch at ProveIt! 2026.   Tickets are on sale now — see Siemens live at ProveIt! 2026.   🔗 Link in comments   #ProveIt2026 #Siemens #WinCCOA #SiemensPharma #DigitalTransformation #SCADA #UNS #PharmaceuticalManufacturing #GxP #RegulatedIndustries #ProcessIntelligence #40Solutions #WalkerReynolds

If you missed our Problem Solvers webinar with Fuuz, the link is in the comments — and it’s worth your time. Most MES platforms fail long before you ever get to enterprise scale. Not because the team can’t implement them… but because the architecture itself was never designed for enterprise problems. That was the theme that came up over and over again during our session with the Fuuz team — and why I wanted to share a few insights here. MES for ERP ≠ MES for Operations Most platforms on the market were built to solve one manufacturing line’s problems at a time. They work fine on a single line or single plant… …but the moment you try to scale across multiple lines, multiple facilities, or multiple ERPs? Everything breaks. True MES for ERP requires: 2D + 3D relationships in the data model A schema-first approach Graph-level context A clean, extensible OM Standardized + unique data structures across tenants Event-driven infrastructure Multi-site orchestration built in from day one This is the part most vendors get wrong. Fuuz got it right — because they lived the pain. Craig and Lance didn’t start as software founders. They started as integrators building real systems in real factories. And like every good integrator eventually discovers: “When you build the same custom solutions repeatedly, eventually you just build a platform.” That origin story matters. It’s why Fuuz feels like a platform built by power users for power users. During the webinar, we walked through their architecture — containerized, cloud-native, modular, schema-driven — and I’ll say this publicly: Fuuz is one of the very few OEMs where I had zero technical criticisms. That’s rare. Why MES fails at scale — and why Fuuz doesn’t When MES implementations collapse, it’s usually due to: Rigid relational models Siloed data Poor schema governance Customizations that destroy upgrade paths Lack of tenant strategy No event-driven backbone Architecture held together by point solutions Fuuz sidesteps all of that with: Auto-generated GraphQL APIs A unified OM Multi-tenant architecture Low-code + full-code extensibility 2D + 3D data modeling A first-class edge gateway Event-driven orchestration baked in This is what MES for ERP should look like. If you want to see the full walkthrough — and how we vet OEMs live — watch the webinar. Link is in the comments. #MES #ERP #DigitalTransformation #Manufacturing #UnifiedArchitecture #ProblemSolvers #Fuuz #WalkerReynolds #40Solutions

Most events talk about Industry 4.0. ProveIt! is where teams prove what actually works. ✔️ Multiple simulated factory environments. ✔️ Real data. Real systems. Real constraints. ✔️ Only solutions built for the future make it through. Come join us at the ProveIt! Conference in February and see how industrial intelligence performs when the conditions are real. Save 25% with code FUUZ: https://lnkd.in/gJhtqf2y

Announcing NxGN (NextGen) as a Silver Sponsor for ProveIt! 2026!   We’re excited to welcome NxGN to ProveIt! 2026 as a first-time Silver Sponsor — and they’re bringing a platform that every manufacturer drowning in spreadsheets needs to see.   If “spreadsheet chaos” has become a way of life in your organization…   If your teams are stuck reconciling versions, emailing approvals, or merging data by hand…   If your systems don’t talk to each other…   NxGN built Capstone to end all of that.   Event Details 🗓️ February 16–20, 2026   📌 Hyatt Regency at Reunion Tower – Dallas, TX   Why NxGN? Because every manufacturer we talk to struggles with the same problem: The business runs on spreadsheets — but spreadsheets don’t scale.   Capstone is NxGN’s answer to that problem: an Integrated Data Intelligence Platform designed to deliver a real-time single source of truth without forcing teams to abandon the flexibility they depend on. Capstone brings order, structure, and intelligence to organizations where data is scattered, inconsistent, and manually maintained.   What NxGN Brings to ProveIt! 2026: Integrate Everything Replace disconnected spreadsheets with online, governed data capture — while still supporting Excel import/export. Connect source systems. Eliminate version conflicts. Stop chasing data.   Build Intelligence Define KPIs. Create targets. Configure validation workflows. Automate aggregation and consolidation across teams, plants, or departments. Let the platform do the heavy lifting.   Visualize & Analyze Everything in Real Time With Capstone, you get live dashboards, drill-down capability, and AI-powered insights that surface anomalies, patterns, and recommendations — without manual crunching.   Fully Configurable and Built for How You Work Every organization is different. Capstone adapts to your structure, your metrics, your languages, and your access rules — not the other way around.   From Shop Floor to Finance Whether you’re tracking operational KPIs, closing the books, or aligning daily execution with business objectives, Capstone turns scattered data into accurate, confident, real-time decision-making.   Most manufacturers don’t have a data problem — they have a spreadsheet problem. And NxGN is here to end it.   See Capstone live inside the ProveIt! environment, fully integrated and ready to show how real-time data intelligence should work.   Tickets are on sale now — see NxGN live at ProveIt! 2026.   🔗 Link in comments   #ProveIt2026 #NxGN #NextGen #Capstone #DataIntelligence #SingleSourceOfTruth #ManufacturingKPIs #OperationalExcellence #DigitalTransformation #UNS #SmartManufacturing #40Solutions #WalkerReynolds

Every engineer has a graveyard. Not of machines… Not of systems… But of POCs that never made it out of the lab. You know the story: You spin up a quick Node-RED flow. It works. It solves the actual problem. The team loves it. And then—nothing. Because the moment you try to scale it, reality hits: * No centralized management * No version control * No secure deployment * Ten slightly different versions running in ten places * IT won’t support it * And nobody wants to be the one maintaining “that” flow in production Here’s the truth engineers rarely say out loud: The POC isn’t the problem. The architecture around it is. That’s why platforms like FlowFuse are changing the game. FlowFuse takes the flexibility engineers love in Node-RED… and adds the production-grade tooling needed to actually scale it: ✔ Remote + fleet deployment ✔ Centralized instance management ✔ Role-based access & audit logs ✔ Dev → Test → Prod flow promotion ✔ Edge + cloud orchestration at scale ✔ Governance IT trusts, freedom OT needs But here’s the real shift: FlowFuse now includes an AI Expert Assistant — a built-in agent that makes development 10x faster. You describe what you want in plain English… and the AI generates the logic: * SQL queries * JavaScript functions * Flow logic * Transformations * Data models No more waiting months for development. No more “I’ll get to it when I have time.” No more stalled digitization because the team is understaffed. And the future gets even more interesting: FlowFuse + LLM + MCP = text-driven operations. Ask the system: “What changed in the energy consumption on machine 4?” And it answers — or automates the workflow — on the spot. This is how you break out of POC purgatory. This is how Node-RED scales beyond one engineer’s desktop. And this is how OT builds solutions quickly while IT stays in their lane. Curious — how many POCs are sitting on a shelf in your org right now? Drop a number in the comments 👇 I’ll also put FlowFuse links in the comments. #FlowFuse #NodeRED #Automation #IIoT #DigitalTransformation #IndustrialAI #POC #Engineering #ITOT #ManufacturingTech #AIinManufacturing #WalkerReynolds #40Solutions