Audi’s Edge Cloud 4 Production (EC4P) is a cloud-based platform designed to transform factory automation and support day-to-day work on the production line. Instead of relying only on traditional, fixed industrial systems, EC4P uses cloud infrastructure to deliver digital tools directly to workers and machines in the factory.

With EC4P, Audi can run worker support systems that guide employees step by step through the vehicle part installation process. This helps standardize tasks, reduce errors, and make complex assembly work easier to follow. The platform is part of Audi’s broader effort to rethink how modern manufacturing can be more flexible, data-driven, and supportive of employees.

Audi built EC4P on VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) from Broadcom to get the best of both private and public cloud models in its factories.

VCF provides:

• Private cloud performance and security – critical for production environments where uptime, data protection, and predictable performance are essential.
• Public cloud–like agility and scale – allowing Audi to quickly roll out new applications, update worker support systems, and scale resources as production needs change.

By combining these capabilities, VCF helps Audi reimagine manufacturing IT as a flexible platform service, rather than a collection of isolated factory systems. This underpins EC4P’s ability to support advanced automation and digital workflows on the shop floor.

EC4P is designed not just for machines, but for people. It powers worker support systems that guide employees through the vehicle part installation process in a clear, structured way.

In practice, this means:

• Providing on-screen or digital instructions that walk workers through each step of an installation task.
• Helping standardize processes so that tasks are performed consistently across shifts and locations.
• Reducing the cognitive load on workers by giving them the right information at the right time.

By running these systems on VMware Cloud Foundation, Audi can deploy updates and improvements quickly across factories, helping to reshape how production teams interact with digital tools and making daily work more manageable and efficient.