System for real-time in-line monitoring industrial manufacturing processes, the system comprising: one or more composite manufacturing machines, each having one or more mold cavities as active machining zones and a controller; one or more in-mold sensors (22a; 22b) respectively placed in a respective mold cavity of the composite manufacturing machines; and at least one data acquisition system comprising: a sensor interface connected to the one or more in-mold sensors (22a; 22b); a module processor coupled to the sensor interface and configured to receive measurement values from the one or more in-mold sensors (22a; 22b) connected to the sensor interface, the measurement values indicating physical properties of workpieces processed in the mold cavities of the composite manufacturing machines; a cloud interface coupled to the module processor, the cloud interface being configured to connect to cloud-based resources; and a machine interface coupled to the module processor, the machine interface being configured to connect to the controllers of the composite manufacturing machine, wherein the module processor is configured to transmit the received measurement values from the one or more sensors (22a; 22b) to cloud-based resources via the cloud interface and to transmit manufacturing control signals to the controllers of the composite manufacturing machine via the machine interface, the manufacturing control signals being based on parameters received from cloud-based resources via the cloud interface, and wherein the controllers of the composite manufacturing machines are configured to control the operation of the one or more composite manufacturing machines based on the manufacturing control signals received from the module processor of the data acquisition system; wherein the system comprises at least two data acquisition systems coupled to each other via a common databus or via an enterprise-based computing resource. one or more composite manufacturing machines, each having one or more mold cavities as active machining zones and a controller; one or more in-mold sensors (22a; 22b) respectively placed in a respective mold cavity of the composite manufacturing machines; and at least one data acquisition system comprising: a sensor interface connected to the one or more in-mold sensors (22a; 22b); a module processor coupled to the sensor interface and configured to receive measurement values from the one or more in-mold sensors (22a; 22b) connected to the sensor interface, the measurement values indicating physical properties of workpieces processed in the mold cavities of the composite manufacturing machines; a cloud interface coupled to the module processor, the cloud interface being configured to connect to cloud-based resources; and a machine interface coupled to the module processor, the machine interface being configured to connect to the controllers of the composite manufacturing machine, a sensor interface connected to the one or more in-mold sensors (22a; 22b); a module processor coupled to the sensor interface and configured to receive measurement values from the one or more in-mold sensors (22a; 22b) connected to the sensor interface, the measurement values indicating physical properties of workpieces processed in the mold cavities of the composite manufacturing machines; a cloud interface coupled to the module processor, the cloud interface being configured to connect to cloud-based resources; and a machine interface coupled to the module processor, the machine interface being configured to connect to the controllers of the composite manufacturing machine, wherein the module processor is configured to transmit the received measurement values from the one or more sensors (22a; 22b) to cloud-based resources via the cloud interface and to transmit manufacturing control signals to the controllers of the composite manufacturing machine via the machine interface, the manufacturing control signals being based on parameters received from cloud-based resources via the cloud interface, and wherein the controllers of the composite manufacturing machines are configured to control the operation of the one or more composite manufacturing machines based on the manufacturing control signals received from the module processor of the data acquisition system; wherein the system comprises at least two data acquisition systems coupled to each other via a common databus or via an enterprise-based computing resource.