Blockchain meets Industry 4.0
ABOUT ARXUM
Blockchain meets industry - It is time for a new approach to manufacturing!
Driven by Industry 4.0 ARXUM develops a worldwide production network for the supply chain.
ARXUM enables manufacturers to offer customized products for prices at mass production level and enables everyone to produce their self-created products.
ARXUM spawned from a German based, industrial system integrator for production technology and digitalisation in the field of Industry 4.0.
ARXUM has already developed the ARXUM Connection Box (ACB). This industrial IoT device contains a hardware wallet, based on a TPM2.0 crypto-processor. It contains a set of non-extricable private keys and can thus directly interact with a blockchain. The ACB provides direct machine connectivity with digital and analog inputs, Meter-bus, Step 7 and OPCUA protocol for PLC communication. The ACB can securely sign blockchain transactions and thus integrates machine data and machine operation into blockchain applications. Production machines become cyber-physical systems with a direct blockchain connection.
WHAT IS THE ARXUM WORLDWIDE
PRODUCTION PROTOCOL?
Instead of passing production orders manually via phone, email, fax or EDI interface sequentially through several heterogenous ERP systems, the ARXUM Production Protocol saves time, manual labor and cost by decentralizing production orders.
The production order is pushed into the production infrastructure of the concerned manufacturers and suppliers at a machine level, where it can be digested by ERP and MES systems. The smart contract provides transparency to the production process as M2M transactions continuously document the production progress.
SMART CONTRACTS
• product quality agreements
• blueprints, schematics and recipes
• configuration data, product firmware,
• and much more, depending on product or industry sector
WHY BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY?
ARXUM uses blockchain technology to decentralize production orders. It provides enormous
savings by replacing tedious manual interactions with standardized framework contracts.
Blockchains are used to:
• protect IP of inventions and digital assets
• proof of existence of manufactured goods (e.g. dual use)
• provide proof of ownership of customized products
• provide escrows and settle payments
• provide easy auditing access
While the payment is executed in ERC-20 compatible blockchains, the production related transactions are processed in a high speed blockchain implementation.
Based on the ARXUM worldwide Production Protocol, public marketplaces or permissioned systems for production consortia with an established industrial supplier base, can be built.
SUMMARY
Manufacturers connected to the ARXUM network benefit from the robust and secure connectivity, standardized technology and rich data attachments with each production order.
ARXUM's distributed production network based on Blockchain technology outperforms today's infrastructure. It lowers costs, increases processing speeds and delivers end-to-end visibility to production fees, timing and delivery.
Blockchain technology secures their intellectual properties, the procurement process, the proof of the manufacturing process and ownership, the logistic process and the payment of service.
ARXUM enables customers to have
customized products or even to have the
ability to produce their self-created products.
Customers and manufacturers can use
the AX-Token to further reduce their costs
and access new markets
Platform principles
Clients, manufacturers and their suppliers will be connected to ARXUM's Production Network and offer their different manufacturing services. The ARXUM Production Protocol supports customers to start a tendering process and evaluate manufacturers
ARXUM mediates the technological manufacturing capabilities, organizes the supply chain and helps to connect customers. ARXUM provides a disruptive approach to decentrally interconnect manufacturers with their suppliers. ARXUM's Production Protocol provides the technology needed for a truly interconnected production network at machine level.
ARXUM's Production Network offers everybody the chance to create and produce their own inventions or even to become an entrepreneur and offer their own products to the market. This also enables manufacturers to offer their consumers to personalize the goods they buy. ARXUM's Production Protocol lowers costs, increases processing speeds and delivers end-to-end visibility into production fees, timing and delivery. This is why manufacturers can offer these customized products for prices at mass production level.
Team
The founders of ARXUM are serial entrepreneurs and have several decades of professional experience. Their areas of expertise are software development and management of listed and private companies. The founders have also helped companies grow from a 0 to more than 200 million EUR turnover. ARXUM’s core team consists of software developers of embedded systems, application programming, industrial PLC systems and the blockchain.
Founder & Management
MARKUS JOSTOCK, PHD
Founder & Managing Director ARXUM
Markus is a seasoned management professional with more than 15 years' experience in full-stack software design and development.
He is responsible for the development of the ARXUM Connection Box with strong cyber security features and technology expertise in the field of Industry 4.0, Cyber Security and Blockchain applications.
Jens Harig, Dipl.- Ing.
Founder & Managing Director ARXUM
Jens is an experienced Manager with a technical background. A Venture capital investor in the phase of introducing the Internet and mobile technologies and experienced with IPO's. He spent more than 15 years in the IT industry.
He was CEO/ CFO of a rapidly growing, listed IT-company (IT services, software and mobile technologies) with subsidiaries in Germany and other European countries.
Team Members
Dirk Klein
Business Development
Dirk has many years of experience as business unit manager and is an expert in the field of automation technology. In technical management and business development, he gained knowledge of the beverage industry in particular.
Christoph Marx, M.Sc.
Hardware Development ARXUM Connection Box
Christoph is an electrical engineer with more than 20 years of practical hardware and embedded software development experience. He has comprehensive expertise in communication technology, hardware development for mobile terminals and payment systems. Christoph is responsible for the ARXUM Connection Box trusted hardware, including the secure boot foundations, hardware wallet and external machine interfaces.
Joachim Mieves, M.Sc.
Software Development
Joachim has 30 years of experience in software development and design, ranging from programmable logic controllers, industrial SCADA systems, CNC manufacturing centres, web programming and service-oriented architectures. He is responsible for the architecture of the ARXUM Connection Box, its integration in external software systems and the integration with the embedded DApp for Blockchain access.
Christian Meisberger, B.Sc.
Software Development
Christian studied computer science with a focus on secure and mobile system. He gained deep knowledge in cryptography, computer system security and communication in distributed networks. In the ARXUM team his responsibility is the secure communication, system protection of the ARXUM Connection Box and the security of the embedded DApps.
Nicolay Todorov
Head of Blockchain team
Nikolay, CEO of Limechain, brings together business understanding and experience in applying Blockchain technology. This deep appreciation of business needs alongside a firm grasp of the technical capabilities of Blockchain allows him to act as the crucial link between product management and the Blockchain developers.
George Spasov
Blockchain Development
George, head of the technical team at Limechain, has experience in leading teams to deliver successful software projects for everyone from startups like pCloud to international companies like IBM. His Blockchain expertise has earned him recognition as a top performer of the inaugural Blockchain Developers Academy run by ConsenSys.
Chris Veselinov
Blockchain Development
Working on Blockchain technology since its early days, Chris has built enterprise systems and blockchain applications for both corporate and startup clients. This breadth of experience gives him unique insights into applying the right Blockchain solutions. Chris is part of the Limechain team.
Vladdy Ivanov
Blockchain Development
Vladimir is the high energy perfectionist of the Blockchain team. His knack for creating DApps stems from his combination of experience in building web applications and applying Blockchain technology. Vladimir is part of the Limechain team.
Disa Braun
Copywriter & Brand Manager
Disa has a thorough background in linguistics having earned dual degrees in linguistics and professional writing. Displaying high levels of competence, she has written for blockchain startups, co-founded and operated an advertising agency, and currently works as a linguistic consultant and copywriter.
Advisor Board
Axel Haas, Prof. Dr. h.c.
Founder ARXUM
Axel is a serial entrepreneur in the field of automation technology, communication technologies and industrial technologies.
He has more than 30 years' experience in managing small and medium-sized growth companies (up to ~ 300 million EUR turnover) including experience in IPOs and management of listed companies.
Jörn Hendrich Block, Prof. Dr.
Professor of Corporate Management at the University of Trier
Jörn is among other things: Professor at the University of Trier since 2012. President of the FGF, the leading academic association for research about entrepreneurship, innovation and SMEs in the D/A/CH region. Member of the Round Table Mittelstand in the Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy. Active as a founder and advisor in the start-up scene.
Hans-Georg Scheibe
Managing Director ROI Consulting GmbH
Hans-Georg's expertise covers supply chain management, operational excellence and business IT alignment. ROI is the leading Management Consultant in the field of Engineering & Production in Germany. Clients include renowned companies from the automotive, mechanical engineering and industrial goods sectors. Since 2013, Hans-Georg has led the ROI Management Consulting AG and Süddeutsche Verlag's Industry 4.0 Award.
Christian Ferri
President and CEO - BlockStar
Board Member - Blockchain Compliance Alliance
Christian is the President and CEO of BlockStar, a Blockchain Holding Company that invests, advises and trains on Blockchain and ICOs.
He also founded the Blockchain Compliance Alliance, a non-profit initiative supported by government agencies and influential entities in the space to create the first decentralized due diligence standard for ICOs.
Kersten Schütze
Blockchain advisor
Kersten has a background in the financial industry, having worked with FinTech companies in Europe and Hedgefunds in Asia. Kersten is also a start-up founder and working as consultant for ICOs and the Blockchain industry. He is active in the Blockchain community and seeks to bring Blockchain innovation into the industry.
Sergej Stein
Co-Founder DLT Capital GmbH
With a finance degree from Germany's leading business school, Sergej is an expert in executing ICO campaigns. His company DLT Capital supports promising Blockchain projects with the necessary experience to initiate successful project launches. The last ICO he advised raised more than $16 million.
Prof. Dr. Hans-Hermann Dirksen
Lawyer at LIEBENSTEIN LAW
Currently, Hans-Hermann works as a lawyer at LIEBENSTEIN LAW - a law firm for commercial law in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. His special emphasis is the creation and negotiation of license- and IT-project-contracts as well as data protection law and e-commerce. Since 2015, he is a professor at the Hochschule Fresenius Frankfurt. His interest and expertise is in bringing together real legal contracts with programmed smart contract on the blockchain. He is supporting ARXUM all smart contract related matters.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Walter Jakoby
Professor of Automation, Engineering and Management at the Trier University of Applied Sciences
Walter is Professor of Automation, Engineering and Management at the Trier University of Applied Sciences since 1990. Furthermore he is active as lecturer at the Luxemburg University and as a consultant for industrial companies. He headed numerous projects in the fields of Automation, Electronics, Software-Development and Mechatronics. His Expertise includes Development of Cyber-Physical-Systems, Management of interdisciplinary Projects and Systematic Problem Solving.