IPC-CFX is an electronics manufacturing industry developed standard forming the foundation/backbone of Industry 4.0 Applications. IPC-CFX simplifies and standardizes machine to machine communication while also facilitating machine to business/business to machine solutions.

IPC-CFX can simply be described as a standard providing a purpose, working components, benefits, with several applications and sustainability.

Purpose of IPC-CFX:

a. World-wide Industrial IoT communication standard for assembly manufacturing

b. The enabler of Industry 4.0, Smart Factory and Digital Factory solutions

Benefits of IPC-CFX:

a. Everyone has just one interface for complete visibility, reducing costs and complexity

b. Machine vendors can further optimize machine operation based on wider knowledge

c. IT solutions work in a “plug and play” environment

Applications:

a. Machine to machine communication

b. Machine data to factory exchange

c. Factory data to machine exchange

d. Transactional events, such as logistics, work-orders etc.

Vayo (Shanghai) Technology Co., Ltd.  joined IPC-CFX in August, 2018.