One-Click
Industrial AI!
Our standardised software solution Orchestra: Cost‑effective, scalable data exchange and secure integration into AI agents in regulated industries such as defence, manufacturing and pharmaceuticals.
Data integration for the Mittelstand – simple, fast, scalable
Conventional interface projects cost too much time, are prone to errors and slow down innovation.
Orchestra takes the pressure off companies – with a central platform for simple, maintainable and scalable integration.
This allows you to retain control, reduce complexity and create space for real innovation.
90+ “ready-to-use” adapters from IT and OT – for easy integration
Graphical, AI-assisted workflows and mappings replace complex point-to-point interfaces and enable your data landscape for LLM-based AI agents with a single click.
Flexible operating models – edge, on-prem, cloud, hybrid – make data architectures future-proof and maintainable
Complex landscapes become clear and controllable thanks to modularly linked data flows and DataOps principles.
How Industrial AI Takes Production to the Next Level
Industrial AI is the application of AI to real-world industrial operations, production systems and physical infrastructure in order to monitor, optimise and automate physical processes. It comes into its own where agents take on repetitive and complex tasks in production, whilst checking their own results before continuing. They utilise real-time data from sensors, robots and the Industrial IoT to improve decision-making during ongoing operations. This makes it possible to increase production figures and reduce costs and waste without the need for the number of skilled workers to grow at the same rate. Companies that rely on Industrial AI report immense potential, for example in predictive maintenance to prevent downtime, or in real-time quality control to minimise scrap immediately. This requires data generated by the plant that is available in a format which can be interpreted uniformly by all systems involved.
Challenges
in implementation
The most labour-intensive part of an industrial AI project is the brownfield retrofit. Before a model or agent can be deployed, companies must establish where the data from existing plant infrastructure comes from and in what form it is available.
- Loss of control
Autonomously operating AI agents are probabilistic systems. They make decisions and carry out actions independently. At the same time, hallucinations can occur, and compliance with regulations and quality standards is not automatically guaranteed. - Isolated brownfield sites
Production data is generated by machines and control systems that were never designed to output it in a structured manner. Anyone who attempts to integrate them anyway ends up with individual point-to-point connections, which are expensive to develop and labour-intensive to operate. In brownfield environments, this effort increases with every additional interface. - Inconsistent data foundation
Even when data flows, it is not yet usable. Each system produces its own formats, labels and time references. Without consistent semantics, it remains raw data that AI agents and analytics systems cannot work with.
Orchestra as a key to success for Industrial AI
Orchestra enables One-Click Industrial AI for legacy and brownfield systems. Existing systems can be connected in minutes without any modifications. The connection is secured using crypto-agile technology, and the data obtained is then made available in a format that allows analytics and AI agents to work with it immediately.
- Retrofitting: secure and seamless
Orchestra translates the relevant protocol directly at the plant without making any changes to the machine itself. Over 90 ready-to-use adapters cover the most common IT and OT protocols. No extensive programming knowledge is required, meaning even older systems can be connected. With Orchestra One-Click Industrial AI, this step is now even simpler: The software is installed directly on the machine, automatically recognises the machine and protocol, and sets up the connection independently. Every connection is encrypted using crypto-agile methods and is fully auditable, ensuring that communication between the plant and IT remains controllable at all times. Orchestra runs seamlessly and independently of the platform in the cloud, on-premises or in a hybrid environment. This allows companies to remain independent in their choice of systems. - AI-agent-enabled database
Orchestra structures the connected data and standardises it semantically. Digital twins and a consistent namespace uniquely identify each asset and make data comparable across system boundaries. This creates the necessary foundation for true scalability: once the standard for a plant has been defined, AI logic can be efficiently rolled out across the entire factory and even across multiple sites. With a single click, IT and OT data becomes immediately usable for AI agents. - Secure governance for agents
As a Secure AI Integration Layer, Orchestra integrates AI agents securely and in a controlled manner. Modular interface architectures, role-based access rights via RBAC and traceable audit trails keep technical and procedural risks manageable. This allows agents to operate in production without losing control over them.
Areas of application & use cases –
Where Orchestra makes the difference
Reference architecture for the integration of OT and IT
Due to the increasing importance of holistic system considerations in manufacturing companies, the focus is shifting to IT architecture. There are currently a large number of different approaches, but no generally recognized reference architecture. In this white paper, we present a scientifically based elaboration of a reference architecture that you can use as a solution approach for the digital transformation in your company.
Break through traditional boundaries of your company and build the bridge between IT and your store floor.
Companies worldwide are relying on Orchestra
It is really impressive what soffico is getting off the ground: A topic as important for the digitalization of manufacturing as the Asset Administration Shell is discussed with top-class experts from research, industry and associations at soffico’s Industry Round Table
How you benefit
Industry 4.0 in your hands
Independent
Orchestra is not linked to specific manufacturers or technologies and acts in a platform-neutral manner.
Future-proof
Orchestra networks systems without changing individual working methods or technical environments. Upgrade old systems and standards through retrofit.
Agent-enabled legacy and brownfield systems
Orchestra uses MCP to provide data and processes from legacy and brownfield systems in a structured format for LLM-based AI agents. This enables context-sensitive workflow automation without the need to rebuild existing IT or OT architectures.
Scalable
Orchestra enables omnidirectional data flow. After simple and fast installation, it runs containerized on the edge up to a highly available cluster.
Low-Code
Scenarios can be implemented without programming experience.
Stable and reliable
Orchestra guarantees data completeness at all times through buffering and offline capability. Decentralized data (pre)processing increases efficiency and performance.
The perfect mix of software & service
A competent partner –
from the idea to the implementation
We develop efficient solutions for our international customers to optimize business, process and communication workflows. Through visionary thinking and modular concepts, future-proof, efficient and sustainable software solutions become a reality. Our goal is to ensure interoperability between the most diverse systems for a smooth and fast, but above all secure electronic data exchange.
About us
soffico GmbH develops software solutions for digital transformation. Our core is the software Orchestra, which is the backbone of digitalization for our customers and partners. We are an international team consisting of developers, consultants, creatives, support and partner management.
> 450 satisfied customers
> 2500 running installations
White papers and Best Practices
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Harald Wenger
