MING reprsents the combination of 4 open source software including Mosquitto, InfluxDB, NodeRED and Grafana. MING is a groundbreaking industrial data integration and visualization toolchain.

The vision of evolving from Purdue Preference Model to 3-layer model/no-layer model is an old story often shared by almost every industrial digitalization vendor. The following diagram is frequently used to demonstrate the transformation:

There is always a dream, where any hierarchical system, device, or person in an enterprise can communicate with a single source of truth, achieving unparalleled data fluidity and interoperability.

This article attempts to introduce, in a direct and accessible manner, a concept that both nourishes and challenges digital suppliers, along with its best practices.