Manufacturers in supply chains need a consistent and ubiquitous software toolset to securely store, access, analyze and distribute their MTConnect device data. Much like the software industry of 2004, domestic manufacturing businesses find themselves with industry-standardized data yet no agreed-upon tools or methods to efficiently manage such information. Without these readily-available tools manufacturers are left with few options outside of writing their own software or investing in expensive integration consultants.

I propose the creation of a manufacturer-oriented application built upon the popular “Git” software library, a free and secure technology that revolutionized the way data was stored, accessed, updated, and distributed across the entire software industry. MTConnect was built upon powerful web standards such as XML and HTTP, the same standards that Git was built to accommodate and enhance. With the creation of ManuGit, domestic manufacturers will have full end-to-end MTConnect-based solutions with the stability, performance, and flexibility of the very same technology powering data management and collaboration for some of the world’s leading data-driven organizations such as Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Facebook, and Linux.