AWS for Industries

Jan Metzner

Author: Jan Metzner

Jan Metzner is a Principal Specialist Solutions Architect for Industrial Solutions in the Industry Specialists and Solutions team at AWS and the Tech Lead for IIoT, focusing on manufacturing technology strategy. As the global technical lead for Industrial IoT at AWS, he architects scalable solutions on the AWS platform, specializing in IoT implementations and data-driven applications. With over 20 years of experience across startups and enterprises, Jan helps organizations transform their manufacturing operations through cloud technology. Before joining AWS, Jan developed technical solutions that focus on industrial automation and digital transformation.

Implement Zero-Training Visual Defect Detection in Manufacturing with Amazon Nova Pro

For most manufacturers today, quality control of manufactured products often relies on workers manually visually inspecting the product(s), introducing inconsistency and increasing labor costs. Automated machine learning (ML) and computer vision (CV) solutions require extensive training data as well as continuous fine-tuning, which creates adoption barriers especially for small and medium-sized manufacturers. This blog post […]

Integrating OPC UA machine events into the Amazon Virtual Andon solution

Introduction In modern IT, everybody speaks about microservices and integration between different systems. But when we look at the shop floor, the reality is that there are a lot of different protocols depending on the machine vendor. Even when the protocol is well understood, there is still a need to implement protocol-specific adapters to convert […]