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I have written several times over the past decade about how the Industrial Internet of Things and such hardware advancements as the Edge have blown up the Purdue Pyramid Model of industrial Architecture. Especially as an information model.

Rather than a static hierarchy, information can flow from source to consumer bypassing layers as required.

However, the Purdue Model (and ISA95) certainly do describe different types of functions of a manufacturing enterprise. How these functions are distributed and how they interrelate has undergone subtle changes over the years, yet they remain relevant.

Inductive Automation recently published an article explaining how its Ignition platform fits within the Purdue model. It’s an interesting read. Certainly there remain levels of applicability within the model. It depends upon what you are building. 

Check out the article.

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