Data Act Access by Design: The ERP Question Hiding Behind the IoT Label

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0200

A machine builder in the Hunsrück region is three months out from launching a new generation of connected equipment. The production schedule is set, the first units ship in the autumn, and the control-system supplier has already answered the compliance question in one sentence: “Access by design? We will do that on the PLC.” Everyone in the room nods, because it sounds like a firmware setting and firmware is the supplier’s department.

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Data Act Access by Design: The ERP Question Hiding Behind the IoT Label