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An Overview of trex Cloud’s Integration Capabilities with ERP, CMMS, and Other Systems

trex Cloud Integrations Overview

trex Cloud is a modern, integration-first platform built to connect shopfloor data, manufacturing processes, and enterprise systems through standardized APIs and messaging protocols. It enables customers to build scalable digital manufacturing solutions without being locked into a single vendor ecosystem.

With trex Cloud, integration is not an afterthought — it is a core capability that supports real-time data exchange, event-driven automation, and hybrid enterprise connectivity.

1. Modern API-Based Platform

trex Cloud is designed as a modern API-based platform, meaning that its core capabilities are exposed through structured and well-defined interfaces.

This approach enables:

  • Fast integration with external applications and services
  • Clear separation between data producers and data consumers
  • Easier long-term maintenance and upgrade paths
  • A consistent integration experience across different use cases

trex Cloud can be integrated with:

  • Manufacturing applications (production monitoring, traceability, quality)
  • Enterprise platforms (ERP, CMMS, analytics tools)
  • Custom software (web portals, mobile apps, internal middleware)

2. REST API Access to All Collected Data

All data collected and managed by trex Cloud can be accessed via a REST-based API. This provides a reliable integration method for external systems to retrieve, synchronize, and analyze operational information.

Typical data types exposed via REST include:

  • Machine signals and equipment status
  • Production events and cycle information
  • Downtime and reason codes (if provided by the environment)
  • Quality inspection records and defect-related events
  • Work order execution context
  • Operator and station-level activity data (if applicable)
  • Time-based operational metrics

This API layer supports multiple integration patterns such as:

  • Pull-based access: external systems request data periodically
  • Near real-time polling: frequent reads for dashboards or monitoring tools
  • Batch export: scheduled extraction for reporting and data warehousing

3. Alerts and Notifications via Cloud-Hosted MQTT

In addition to REST APIs, trex Cloud supports event-driven integrations through a cloud-hosted MQTT broker.

This allows systems to capture alerts and notifications in real time without needing to continuously poll the API.

MQTT enables integrations such as:

  • Streaming alerts to a monitoring platform
  • Triggering automation workflows when an event occurs
  • Forwarding alarms to external incident management tools
  • Feeding notification pipelines and messaging systems

Examples of events that can be published and captured:

  • Machine alarm / warning events
  • State changes (running, stopped, idle, fault)
  • Threshold-based alerts (e.g., speed drop, high reject rate)
  • Operational anomalies and exceptions

MQTT is particularly useful when:

  • Low-latency event delivery is required
  • Systems need lightweight integration
  • Multiple consumers need the same event stream

4. ERP Work Order Integration (Inbound)

trex Cloud supports enterprise-to-production synchronization by allowing ERP work orders to be sent to trex Cloud using REST APIs.

This enables ERP-driven execution scenarios such as:

  • Sending work orders to the production environment
  • Sharing product, operation, and routing context
  • Aligning shopfloor activity with business planning

Common work order integration data includes:

  • Work order identifiers and references
  • Material/product codes
  • Target quantity and scheduling metadata
  • Operation step information (when applicable)
  • Additional attributes required by the production process

By integrating work orders into trex Cloud, customers can create a more connected production flow where manufacturing data is contextualized and aligned with enterprise processes.

5. Legacy and On-Prem Enterprise System Connectivity (Hybrid Integrations)

Many industrial environments operate with a combination of cloud and on-prem systems. trex Cloud supports this reality by allowing configuration for sending and retrieving data from legacy or on-prem enterprise systems, including:

  • ERP systems running on local infrastructure
  • CMMS platforms used for maintenance planning
  • Custom enterprise databases and middleware applications
  • Older systems that require controlled and gradual modernization

Hybrid integration scenarios may include:

  • Syncing master data from on-prem systems into trex Cloud
  • Exporting production results back into enterprise systems
  • Bridging isolated factory networks to cloud workflows via secure integration services
  • Enabling phased migration strategies without disrupting operations

This capability ensures that trex Cloud can be adopted incrementally while still delivering value early in the transformation journey.

Summary

trex Cloud provides a complete integration foundation through:

  • REST APIs for structured access to all collected data
  • MQTT messaging for real-time alerts and event streaming
  • ERP work order APIs for enterprise-driven production execution
  • Hybrid integration support for legacy and on-prem enterprise systems

This combination allows trex Cloud to fit into both modern cloud-native architectures and real-world industrial environments where hybrid connectivity is required.