Taksa Factory OS: Building an Open Source Operating System for Manufacturing.

Manufacturing teams generate large volumes of data from PLCs, sensors, machines, vendor systems, and shop-floor applications, yet much of that data remains trapped in disconnected systems, inconsistent formats, and fragile point-to-point integrations. As a result, teams struggle to digitize operations, scale pilot projects, and build reliable analytics or AI-driven applications.

In this talk, I will present Taksa Factory OS, an open-source, modular, and scalable Factory OS designed to connect shop-floor systems and make manufacturing data usable, discoverable, and reusable. 

Taksa OS has been funded by ARTPARK(AI & Robotics Technology Park), IISc and DST , Govt of India to enable Digitization of MSME and large industries. 

We will explore how Taksa ingests data through industrial connectors such as OPC UA, Modbus,vendor gateways, and other edge integrations, and how it standardizes raw machine data into a structured, reliable data layer for downstream applications.

The session will also cover the architecture of Taksa across the edge device and Taksa console showing how manufacturers can reduce dependency on brittle integrations, create a common namespace for industrial data, and support real-time monitoring, analytics, alerts, and operational dashboards. 

Through practical use cases, including machine-state monitoring and a real-world metal fabrication scenario, participants will see how a Factory OS approach can improve productivity, reduce manual intervention, and accelerate smarter decision-making on the shop floor.

Participants will walk away with actionable strategies to design a scalable manufacturing data foundation and enable faster industrial digital transformation.

We’ll also discuss the ecosystem approach: how system integrators, hardware/IoT makers, and FOSS contributors can collaborate to build interoperable connectors and accelerate deployments across India. The goal is simple: make digitization open, secure, affordable, and scalable so every manufacturer large or small can become AI-ready.

   Hidden challenges in shop-floor data integration.

    Why point-to-point manufacturing integrations fail at scale.

    How Taksa Factory OS standardizes industrial data across systems.

    Building a reusable manufacturing data layer using edge and console architecture.

    Enabling dashboards, alerts, analytics, and AI-powered insights from factory data.

    Real-world use cases in machine monitoring and metal fabrication.