The new Application Guide by Factory-X provides a structured foundation for describing and implementing use cases in the digital ecosystem. It brings together business logic, software behavior, and technical integration into a coherent model.
At its core, the guide explores how organizations can jointly create digital value within Factory-X. It introduces the Business View, which defines companies and their roles within the value network. This is followed by the Usage View, explaining how software applications interact. The Technical View illustrates how these interactions are implemented using standardized components such as the MX-Port – ensuring interoperability and technical consistency.
The guide is aimed at those developing, modeling, or integrating use cases in Factory-X or Manufacturing-X. It offers methodological clarity on how to turn ideas into system architecture and how to document requirements precisely. In doing so, it does not only support quality assurance, but also enables long-term scalability and reusability.
