Impact: MoyenProduction Planning2026-06-22· Schneider Electric
Schneider Electric advances software-defined automation at Automate 2026
Schneider Electric presented its open, software-defined automation approach at Automate 2026, positioning decoupled software and hardware as a way to modernize industrial control environments. The announcement highlights industrial automation, manufacturing and the potential connection between control systems and production planning.
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The planning value depends on whether software-defined control data can feed production scheduling, capacity models and exception management without weakening validation, safety controls or manual override. Integration with MES and governed decision workflows matters more than faster software deployment alone.