Abstract Cyber-Physical Machine Tools (CPMT) represent a new generation of machine
tools that are smarter, well connected, widely accessible, more adaptive and more …

Driven by present megatrends like digitization and demographic change, Learning Factories
all over the world are gaining recognition in science, industry and society. In these …

Industries frequently encounter the need to orchestrate services provided by devices as
business processes. These industrial business process models need to meet Industry 4.0 …

Organisational and technical processes of manufacturing companies are becoming more
and more complex while the pressure for flexibility increases. The biggest challenge here is …

This work presents an approach to determine relevant energy efficiency and productivity
KPIs of machining processes based on a real-time interpretation of sensor data and …

Recurrent production changes due to shortened product lifecycles besides the increased
complexity, that the industry 4.0 paradigm brings, highlight the need for tools that are able to …

Individualized production challenges established manufacturing approaches in terms of
modularization, flexibility and efficient reconfiguration. Modular production systems with high …

The current need for product variation inquires a higher orchestration effort in production to
be able to produce at the lowest cost per unit. However, flexibility and low cost per unit are …

High-mix/low-volume production environments require advanced planning systems to
optimize their outputs along conflicting targets such as cost, time and quality. However …

Upcoming trends in manufacturing focus on flexible configuration of products up to lot-size
one. This mass customization raises a need of flexible manufacturing and production …