Ignition (SCADA/MES)

  • It’s an unlimited license model. This means, you pay a single license for a site and can connect as many devices, clients, PLCs and tags as you like. So if you want to connect to an additional device or present data on a different screen (client) there is no additional licensing cost.

  • It’s cost-effective. It’s modular, so you only need to buy the functionality required for your project. A typical SCADA/MES project, will set you back between £10,000 to £15,000, in Ignition licensing costs. Click to check the latest pricing.

  • It’s connected. Igniton is built on open standard technologies and in our experience, you can connect to anything. From data lakes in the cloud to legacy recipe control packages, Ignition will let you get to use your data to drive performance.

  • It’s built for enterprise manufacturers. Ignition scales to your needs and can manage complex operations across multiple sites from one central location.

“Ignition software is a universal platform for industrial automation used by manufacturers in over 100 countries and 54 of the Fortune 100 companies.”
— Inductive Automation

For over 30 years, OAL has helped food and beverage companies automate providing a range of factory control systems (SCADA, MES, recipe control, traceability).

We have made the strategic decision to partner with Inductive Automation and offer Ignition, their SCADA & MES platform as we believe it will make our customers more successful. It makes it easier for you to automate in a few key ways:

Digital Transformation

We help forward-thinking food businesses to digitally transform their manufacturing operations and Ignition is the key enabling technology. From looking to improve OEE/downtime data capture to tracking works orders and a mass balance, Ignition connects your key business systems including ERP (SAP, D365 etc.)

To realise transformation, Operational Technology (OT) and Information Technology (IT) must work together to unlock meaning in their data.

Ignition offers a bridge, encouraging collaboration and produces fantastic results.

OT love Ignition because:

  • It’s fast and easy to deploy and develop, minimising disruption.

  • Unlimited clients mean they can get access to the data they need when they want it at no additional cost.

  • They can leverage powerful cloud-based machine learning IT services to improve operations.

IT love Ignition because:

  • It’s easy to manage due to its use of modern IT architecture (servers, clients, switches, etc.)

  • There are comprehensive inbuilt security features. that can be managed at an enterprise level that supports modern cybersecurity protocols including multi-factor authentication and single sign-on(OKTA).

  • Ignition will stay up to date due to long-term supported (LTS) releases, ensuring stability.

Furthermore, manufacturers can build their own internal capability with comprehensive training and an online community. Inductive University, is a digital learning platform featuring hundreds of free training videos.

If you have engineers in your team, they can learn for fun using the free “Maker edition” for non-commercial, individual purposes. Matt Ayre, one of OALs automation engineers learnt how to use Ignition by automating his garden greenhouse!

Downtime data capture & OEE

OAL has built an OEE/downtime reporting package that harnesses the power of Ignition to collect and report data.

  • Job start triggered by ERP works order or OAL Autocoding database job start.

  • Downtime reason codes via operator selection or automatically detected directly from machine PLC.

  • Comprehensive reporting across unlimited devices with user-configured dashboards e.g. dashboards for the general manager and dashboards for the staff canteen.

Energy Monitoring

OAL has built an energy monitoring, management and reporting package that harnesses the power of Ignition to collect and report data.

  • Collect data from many different energy meter vendors.

  • Contextualise energy usage against production plans and works orders.

  • Comprehensive alerts and reporting across unlimited devices with user-configured dashboards.

Ignition Featues

  • Add unlimited clients, screens, tags, connections, and devices at no additional cost.

  • Ignition is used in virtually every industry around the globe

  • One integrated development environment to build applications for HMI, SCADA, MES, and more

  • Connects to any major database and PLC, bridging the gap between IT and OT.

  • View clients on any device including desktops, industrial displays, and mobile device.

  • Based on easy-to-support IT standards like SQL, Python, MQTT, and OPC UA

  • Get all your tools in one place so you can build and deploy applications quickly and easily.

  • Ignition is sold by the server: one license gives you an unlimited number of clients, tags, and connections so you can build the exact system you need

  • Easily deploy clients from a central server at one site, multiple sites, or in the cloud