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CESMII Releases i3X™ 1.0: A Complete, Implementation-Ready Open API Specification for Manufacturing Interoperability
The 1.0 release delivers precise requirements for what compliant systems must support, an automated Conformance Test Suite that validates any implementation against those requirements, an updated i3X Explorer, Python client library, MCP Server, and full SDK documentation.
From Pilot to Platform: Scaling Smart Manufacturing Across a Global Enterprise
Kimberly-Clark’s Digital Manufacturing Leader documents a multi-year MES transformation: 300+ go-lives, 5,000+ users, one global template, mapped to the CESMII Smart Manufacturing Acceleration Roadmap Framework.
CESMII Launches i3X™, a Global Open API Initiative to Unlock Interoperability and Scale AI in Manufacturing
CESMII – The Smart Manufacturing Institute today announced the beta launch of the Industrial Information Interoperability eXchange (i3X™), an open, standards-based API designed to enable seamless interoperability across manufacturing systems, platforms and applications. Manufacturers today face a common challenge: fragmented OT and IT systems that trap data in silos, constraining productivity, innovation and visibility across operations. These limitations slow AI adoption, and hinder improvements in efficiency, quality, supply chain resilience and labor productivity initiatives.