Copia Creates DevOps Platform to Minimize Disruptions from Coding Issues

The latest addition to Copia’s offerings is the new Industrial DevOps Platform. The platform functions as a cloud-based Git solution to provide users with an operational technology control center. The new solution shows promise for users looking to save money by avoiding unexpected downtime, optimizing production, practicing continuous quality control, managing cyber security, and reducing productivity losses. By using the technology, end users will gain a clear view of all code within their operations, providing them with a system for lowering unexpected problems resulting from errors in code.

Copia’s DevOps is a cloud-based tool to manage code, products, quality control, and cyber security. Image used courtesy of Asad

A System Meant to Help With Industrial Challenges

Unexpected downtime can be a major problem for manufacturing plants, leading manufacturers down a frenzied problem-solving expedition to determine where the problem lies. Finding the problem can be difficult if the downtime is caused by a hidden error in the code, prompting manufacturers to band-aid the problem with quick-fix engineering updates that may shift the problem later instead of providing a long-term solution.

Copia provides users with a way to detect and validate problems with any changes to the code which can be troublesome and expensive whenever conflicting operations have been introduced. The company hopes to provide a platform to enhance coders’ collaboration to prevent unexpected conflicting operations across different departments.

The platform can also help users unify their files and upgrades across their entire system, reducing the chance of hidden discrepancies. In addition, increased efficiency is possible through a standardized code and upgrade process, especially when spinning multiple plant sites. This will give users better control, especially in disaster control, where the DevOps platform can help facilitate immediate disaster recovery.

Amazon Reduces Downtime with Copia

Amazon has implemented Copia’s technology in its warehouses, anticipating an 80% decrease in unplanned downtime caused by unauthorized control changes. This deployment signifies a substantial enhancement in code scalability and a 25% improvement in resolving high-severity issues promptly. Since 2020, Copia has secured $30 million in investment and has garnered adoption by over 1,500 developers across 100 companies worldwide.

DevOps’s features prevent downtime, allowing warehouses and production centers to keep operating. Image used courtesy of HalfPoint

Looking Ahead

Copia is a company dedicated to improving businesses’ management of operational technology. By applying Industrial DevOps best practices and advanced tools, Copia aims to provide users with continuous quality control.

Operational outages are common occurrences, causing severe disruptions that can halt plant operations and, in some instances, weaken the integrity of entire industrial systems. When a Toyota computer system in Japan malfunctioned in August 2023, production was halted in 14 factories for a full day, costing the company an estimated $356 million in revenue.

Companies using Copia gain clear insights into code across multi-vendor devices with real-time alerts on changes. This proactive approach helps prevent malfunctions, minimize downtime, and expedite disaster recovery, allowing businesses to maintain operational reliability and resilience. The system is projected to save companies millions of dollars in production downtime by providing them with continuous operations and limited outages.