Tata Consultancy Services on Tuesday (14 March) announced the launch of its 5G-enabled solution to help companies in transforming plant operations.

TCS' Cognitive Plant Operations Adviser for the Microsoft Azure Private Mobile Edge Computing (PMEC) platform will help companies in industries like manufacturing, oil and gas, consumer packaged goods, and pharmaceuticals to transform production, harnessing AI and machine learning to make it more intelligent, agile and resilient.

TCS Cognitive Plant Operations Adviser is a composite AI solution that uses the Microsoft Project Bonsai low-code, AI platform, for which TCS is a launch partner, the company said in a statement.

It provides insights and information to plant operators for real-time and autonomous decision-making. The solution integrates with Microsoft Azure private mobile edge computing (PMEC) to reduce waste, increase equipment uptime, and eliminate safety incidents.

The TCS solution does this by bringing together all core elements needed to build intelligent digital twins of the plants, systems, processes, and plant operation through the curation and reasoning of digitally captured domain and tacit knowledge.

It delivers high-capacity compute capability with secure, reliable network connectivity at the production site, supporting self-monitoring, self-diagnosing, self-optimizing, and self learning capabilities.

“We are helping our clients with plant operations to build predictive and prescriptive capabilities into their production for superior outcomes using powerful cognitive and edge compute capabilities. We are delighted to launch the 5G-enabled TCS Cognitive Plant Operations Adviser solution, as part of our Enterprise 5G Edge suite of solutions on Microsoft Azure,” said Siva Ganesan, head, Microsoft business unit, TCS.

“The convergence of edge compute, 5G networking and AI simplifies the design and delivery of modern connected applications like TCS’ Cognitive Plant Operations Adviser, driving factory automation, worker safety, productivity, and sustainability for global manufacturers. Leveraging Azure services brings simplicity to deliver and manage the solution at scale,” said Shriraj Gaglani, VP product management, Microsoft.