What I’ve Built
Advanced Solutions is a digital business unit within JSP, a Japanese materials manufacturer operating globally.
I built this pillar from scratch.
The idea took shape in 2014, when I began asking a question that nobody in our industry was asking seriously: what if the data already present in our customers' factories could be made visible, connected, and useful without replacing the people who run them?
The prototypes came before 2017. The first proof of concept was in 2019. Market validation at K-Fair 2022, one of the largest plastics and rubber trade fairs in the world. Formally established as an independent business pillar within JSP in 2024.
Today, Advanced Solutions operates across nine countries: Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, France, Italy, Portugal, the United Kingdom and the United States, serving manufacturers who are ready to move beyond intuition and toward data-driven operations.
The platform is built on proprietary DDE (Dynamic Data Exchange) technology, offering three product lines:
Core foundational data connectivity and visibility for production environments
Plus advanced analytics and process intelligence built on top of Core
Platform full-scale industrial AI integration across the entire production network
“Industrial AI isn’t about replacing people.
It’s about unlocking their potential.”
Industry Leadership
In parallel with building Advanced Solutions, I encouraged the establishment of the OPC UA Particle Foam Companion Specification, a standardised framework for data communication between machines, systems, and software across OEMs and automotive networks.
This was not a project. It was an act of industry architecture, bringing together machine makers, system suppliers, and technology partners to agree on how data should flow in a sector that had never standardised it before.
The specification now serves as the foundation for interoperability across the particle foam manufacturing ecosystem.
“What seems impossible in factories today will be standard tomorrow. Someone has to build that bridge.”
Last Keynote
Interoperability Summit, 7 May 2026 in Bonn, Germany
Beyond Dashboards: Real-World Industrial AI and the Role of Interoperability in Manufacturing Transformation
Photos : Andreas JahnWhile the world’s leading organisations are working hard to standardise data exchange, manufacturers are already applying OPC UA and Industrial AI on the shop floor and contributing to the evolution of the industrial economy in the process.
The bottleneck is no longer the data.
Now it’s time to connect data with humans to create business value.
Writing
The AI Universe – Thriving Within Civilization’s Next Big Disruption.
Chapter 26: Industrial AI Unlocks Hidden Potential by Robert Pluska
Podcast Guest
Digital Transformation Podcast Guest
Full-Scale Digital Transformation in Manufacturing
Kevin Crane and Robert Pluska
