In manufacturing, many use cases of Industrie 4.0 require vendor-neutral and machine-
interpretable information models to describe, implement and execute resource functions …

Industry 4.0 (I4. 0) aims at achieving the interconnectivity of multiple industrial assets from
different hierarchical layers within a manufacturing environment. The Asset Administration …

Volatility and uncertainty of today's value chains along with the market's demands for low-
batch customized products mandate production systems to become smarter and more …

The use of digital technologies in the industrial environment enables great potential for
increasing efficiency in manufacturing. One building block are production environments that …

Abstract Cyber-Physical Production Modules (CPPMs) must be described by vendor-
independent and machine-readable standardized information models. Standards make …

The production line must continuously adjust to meet the increasing demand for
individualized products, such as the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) production line …

Modular skill-based production environments provide a high flexibility to fulfil various
requirements in manufacturing like the production of individualized products or the selection …

Industry 4.0 (I4. 0) is promoting the digitization of industrial environments towards intelligent
and distributed industrial automation systems based on Cyber-physical Systems (CPS) …

Increasing the flexibility of production environments and the resilience of value chains are
major challenges of Industry 4.0. Multi-enterprise manufacturing networks can be a solution …

Changing markets, individualized products, and volatile supply chains require a high degree
of flexibility, especially in production and manufacturing. A promising approach to …