With the acquisition of larger clients, Tulip needed to start implementing a permissions system for controlling access. Complexities unique to our product was proper governance of data across facilities, sharing of SKU-specific schemas for data collection, IT (network-level) vs. OT (device-level) requirements, and transitioning existing manufacturing processes into data management best practices.

As a new permissions system, Workspaces would govern all objects in the platform. Some of the objects are physical, others are digital; some exist as nodes in a network (things), others exist to manage processes. Data is collected on the things and on the process.