Key Features
Supplier Check-Out/Check-In
- Keep precise track of all changes made by vendors / external programmers
Management of standard program block library
...including usage list and detailed comparisons.
- Increase production quality and dependability
Alarm function
...if desired values and parameters deviate from tolerance
- Use preventive maintenance to avoid defective operation and minimise wastage
Complete change history
- Complete change history for all control software projects
- Ensure clarity and certainty in all production areas
- Detect unauthorised changes
- Significantly speed up troubleshooting
Automatic backup
...all production line equipment, including PLCs, CNCs, HMIs, robots, drives, sensors, etc.
- Save time by eliminating the need for manual backups
- Reduce downtime
- Minimise loss of revenue due to production stoppages
Audit Trail
- Save time with standardised documentation
- Simplify complex auditing tasks
- Generate audit trails at the click of a button
- Ease adherence to VDA 6.x
Worth knowing
Our customer Thyssenkrupp reports from the practice
The fact that backups can not only be saved, but also compared with each other is an enormous help to us, especially during audits. The software is set up: all new projects are stored in versiondog* as standard. I see no reason as to why we would ever do without this system again.
Case studies
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