Terms like “democratization” and “devops” are becoming more common in manufacturing every day. Libre is at the cutting edge of that movement. Whether you want to use low code, no code or anything else, it’ll work as long as you can consume GraphQL.
Why is Libre application agnostic?
Because application-focused point solutions are not a good long term solution.
Because the people closest to the needed functionality know it best.
Because User Interfaces should be the least complex thing in the tech stack.
Because low code platforms have reduced development time and complexity by 10X and it’s time for manufacturing to take advantage of it.
Because manufacturing needs more Agility and that requires devops and CI/CD.
To see Libre’s pre-built applications, see Use Cases
The only thing better than low code is free, open source low code. Appsmith enables rapid development and deployment of transactional user interfaces. Create your GraphQL API connection, create your screen, copy your GraphQL query from the playground and you have a simple Libre application.
There are several mature, general purpose low code platforms like Outsystems and Mendix (by Siemens) available in the market. They are expensive, but if you need a full featured platform, they may be the answer.
Another option is a platform like Tulip that is focused on manufacturing but lacks the cohesive, standards driven back-end necessary to be a complete MOS. However, combining a low code platform like theirs with Libre can be a game changer.
Maybe you already have a devops group that’s standardized on Angular, or React, or Ember, or Vue or one of the dozens of JavaScript frameworks in existence. You can simplify their jobs by implementing Libre Core/Edge and giving them a single API connection to code against for operational data.
