Into the Shopfloor: Moving Manufacturing Execution Syste... Manuel Peuster & Andrei Traian Cucuruzac
Manuel Peuster, Andrei Traian Cucuruzac
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025 · Session
This talk, "Into the Shopfloor: Moving Manufacturing Execution Systems to Kubernetes," delves into the ambitious journey undertaken by Bosch Connected Industry to modernize its complex Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) by migrating them to a cloud-native Kubernetes architecture. Presented by Manuel Peuster and Andrei Traian Cucuruzac, the session highlights the significant challenges inherent in transforming mission-critical, highly individualized industrial software, and the innovative solutions developed to overcome them. Bosch, a global manufacturing giant with over 400 plants worldwide, faces immense pressure to optimize production, reduce downtime, and embrace the demands of Industry 4.0.
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This talk from Bosch isn't some 'AI-powered cloud synergy' bullshit. It's a brutal, honest look at migrating mission-critical Manufacturing Execution Systems to Kubernetes at a scale most 'cloud-native' evangelists only dream of. Peuster and Cucuruzac detail their fight against legacy systems, individualized configurations, and the 'human factor' problem. Their solution, a sophisticated library Helm chart strategy with two-level schema validation and custom operators, is a masterclass in taming complexity. This isn't just about containers; it's about solving real-world, high-stakes…