Living Labs are an emerging Public Private Partnership (PPP) concept in which firms, public autho... more Living Labs are an emerging Public Private Partnership (PPP) concept in which firms, public authorities and citizens work together to create, prototype, validate and test new services, businesses, markets and technologies in real-life contexts, such as cities, city regions, rural areas and collaborative virtual networks between public and private players. The real-life and everyday life contexts will both stimulate and challenge research and development as public authorities and citizens will not only participate in, but also contribute to the whole innovation process. This paper examines the state-of-the art in involving the user and stakeholder organisations into the innovation process in various ongoing, embryonic Living Labs initiatives, examines the key practices that need to be in place for the maturation of the concept and gives examples on how those are currently being deployed. The paper concludes with a section dedicated to identifying areas in which future research is required.
2006 IEEE International Technology Management Conference (ICE), 2006
Living Labs are an emerging Public Private Partnership (PPP) concept in which firms, public autho... more Living Labs are an emerging Public Private Partnership (PPP) concept in which firms, public authorities and citizens work together to create, prototype, validate and test new services, businesses, markets and technologies in real-life contexts, such as cities, city regions, rural areas and collaborative virtual networks between public and private players. The real-life and everyday life contexts will both stimulate and challenge research and development as public authorities and citizens will not only participate in, but also contribute to the whole innovation process. This paper examines the state-of-the art in involving the user and stakeholder organisations into the innovation process in various ongoing, embryonic Living Labs initiatives, examines the key practices that need to be in place for the maturation of the concept and gives examples on how those are currently being deployed. The paper concludes with a section dedicated to identifying areas in which future research is required.
Abstract With the maintenance offering significant savings potential for manufacturing companies,... more Abstract With the maintenance offering significant savings potential for manufacturing companies, the relevance of advanced maintenance strategies like predictive maintenance is becoming increasingly important. The H2020 action UPTIME is developing a Unified Predictive Maintenance System, which is currently being applied to three industrial use cases. This paper presents the current state of the developments and its implementation in the use cases.
One ambition of Industry 4.0 is that all physical, virtual and human entities shall be able to co... more One ambition of Industry 4.0 is that all physical, virtual and human entities shall be able to communicate among each other. This approach provides a huge potential in case of further merging of production processes and further, offers the possibility to combine facilities from different local sites to one system. As an outcome, the production processes can be controlled from a remote fixed or mobile terminal to control and therefore have access within the production line. Especially for customers it is highly convenient to have a transparent insight in the running production process and the actual status of his orders. Moreover, to be able to change orders during running manufacture. Nowadays the industrial environment has changed a lot as the customers' demands have increased enormously. For instance, mass production must be smarter and all kind of data and information has to be handled. Furthermore, individual customized solutions are desired by clients. To react on the changing demands new solutions are necessary. Connecting all types of entities and equip the facilities with sensors to react on individual demands require a high reliability and security with a dynamic bandwidth, especially when production facilities have to work autonomously. With the upcoming fifth generation of mobile communication (5G) many required demands in the industrial environment can be satisfied. This means that 5G will have a deep impact in Industry 4.0 as it will be able to handle shortages concerning data handling, real-time demands and controlling hundreds of connected devices. BIBA's research topics lies in the field of production and logistics. With the new technology, the focus of research aims to examine requirements, constraints and the benefits of 5G for the industrial environment. By means of two use cases, one in production, the other one in logistics, the possibilities of 5G will be examined. The present paper will indicate the first steps by showing the use cases and first thoughts about the potential for future production facilities using cloud manufacturing.
The computer-based representation of "things" in the real world is at the heart of toda... more The computer-based representation of "things" in the real world is at the heart of today’s virtual engineering practices. Digital Twin (DT) is a term that receives significant attention in academia and business within this domain. Despite its appealing metaphorical strength, people use it to describe quite different applications with specific conceptual backgrounds, goals and approaches. This paper aims to provide a first systematic classification about DT applications to support follow-up research. The first part of this paper focuses on three application cases described in the academic literature. It analyzes their conceptual background, the targeted problem and the implemented use case. The result of this analysis are seven dimensions that categorize the presented DT applications. They include distinctions of goals, focused users, life cycle phases, system levels, data sources, authenticity and data exchange levels.
The need to understand users and products is one of the cores for product success. There are many... more The need to understand users and products is one of the cores for product success. There are many ways to reach this understanding,such as,interviews and consumer cocreation. This study put a focus on the application of product usage information (PUI). Although amount of product-related information is available in the middle of a product's life, producers have not realized the full potential of these data in product development. The academic literature describes various use cases that outline how PUI supports this kind of understanding, and eventually benefits product development. Each of them provides fragmented information from certain perspectives. This diversity and the lack of systematic overview facilitates a fragmentation in the research of PUI usage in product development. To have an initial and unified overview of PUI's value on the understanding of users and products, this paper conducted a combination of systematic and descriptive review to form a sample with 12 papers. The result indicates that PUI increases producer's understanding about the product, its users and the context of usage. However, producers need to address several challenges if they want to apply PUI in product development successfully.
The basic concept of a digital twin as widely used mandates the existence of an original counterp... more The basic concept of a digital twin as widely used mandates the existence of an original counterpart-most commonly dubbed as "real"which is represented by the digital instance. Subsequently, this coexistence of the real and digital twins poses a continuous interoperability issue between the physical and digital world. While in theory, the mapping of e.g. physical to digital properties is trivial, in practice, it usually is not. This paper presents a case study on how this interoperability problem can be addressed by the use of a unified data model for predictive maintenance applications, which has been developed in the EU-funded innovation action UPTIME.
ABSTRACT The middle of a product’s life is when the product is with the user. During the middle o... more ABSTRACT The middle of a product’s life is when the product is with the user. During the middle of life (MOL) phase, useful product information is created (usage information). In the past, research in engineering focused on the transformation of this information into engineering knowledge – for this purpose, demonstrators were developed and described in literature. Apart from demonstrating the feasibility of the approach, little is known about the vast body of usage information. This research is based on the analysis of real information manually extracted from a small selection of contents. Selected contents have been taken from a product embedded sensor device, a Shopping website (Amazon.com), a review website (Engadget.com) and a media platform (Youtube.com). Based on the discussion of the findings, a tree-like structure is proposed, summarizing the preliminary content-related characteristics of usage Information identified in this paper. Among these characteristics are the originators, sources, lifecycle activities covered, formats and the scope of information from the middle of life.
2018 IEEE International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation (ICE/ITMC), 2018
One ambition of Industry 4.0 is that all physical, virtual and human entities shall be able to co... more One ambition of Industry 4.0 is that all physical, virtual and human entities shall be able to communicate among each other. This approach provides a huge potential in case of further merging of production processes and further, offers the possibility to combine facilities from different local sites to one system. As an outcome, the production processes can be controlled from a remote fixed or mobile terminal to control and therefore have access within the production line. Especially for customers it is highly convenient to have a transparent insight in the running production process and the actual status of his orders. Moreover, to be able to change orders during running manufacture. Nowadays the industrial environment has changed a lot as the customers' demands have increased enormously. For instance, mass production must be smarter and all kind of data and information has to be handled. Furthermore, individual customized solutions are desired by clients. To react on the changing demands new solutions are necessary. Connecting all types of entities and equip the facilities with sensors to react on individual demands require a high reliability and security with a dynamic bandwidth, especially when production facilities have to work autonomously. With the upcoming fifth generation of mobile communication (5G) many required demands in the industrial environment can be satisfied. This means that 5G will have a deep impact in Industry 4.0 as it will be able to handle shortages concerning data handling, real-time demands and controlling hundreds of connected devices. BIBA's research topics lies in the field of production and logistics. With the new technology, the focus of research aims to examine requirements, constraints and the benefits of 5G for the industrial environment. By means of two use cases, one in production, the other one in logistics, the possibilities of 5G will be examined. The present paper will indicate the first steps by showing the use cases and first thoughts about the potential for future production facilities using cloud manufacturing.
The basic concept of a digital twin as widely used mandates the existence of an original counterp... more The basic concept of a digital twin as widely used mandates the existence of an original counterpart – most commonly dubbed as “real” – which is represented by the digital instance. Subsequently, this co-existence of the real and digital twins poses a continuous interoperability issue between the physical and digital world. While in theory, the mapping of e.g. physical to digital properties is trivial, in practice, it usually is not. This paper presents a case study on how this interoperability problem can be addressed by the use of a unified data model for predictive maintenance applications, which has been developed in the EU-funded innovation action UPTIME.
2015 IEEE International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation/ International Technology Management Conference (ICE/ITMC), 2015
The middle of a product's life is when the product is with the user. During the middle of lif... more The middle of a product's life is when the product is with the user. During the middle of life (MOL) phase, useful product information is created (usage information). In the past, research in engineering focused on the transformation of this information into engineering knowledge - for this purpose, demonstrators were developed and described in literature. Apart from demonstrating the feasibility of the approach, little is known about the vast body of usage information. This research is based on the analysis of real information manually extracted from a small selection of contents. Selected contents have been taken from a product embedded sensor device, a shopping website (Amazon.com), a review website (Engadget.com) and a media platform (Youtube.com). Based on the discussion of the findings, a tree-like structure is proposed, summarizing the preliminary content-related characteristics of usage information identified in this paper. Among these characteristics are the originators...
Living Labs are an emerging Public Private Partnership (PPP) concept in which firms, public autho... more Living Labs are an emerging Public Private Partnership (PPP) concept in which firms, public authorities and citizens work together to create, prototype, validate and test new services, businesses, markets and technologies in real-life contexts, such as cities, city regions, rural areas and collaborative virtual networks between public and private players. The real-life and everyday life contexts will both stimulate and challenge research and development as public authorities and citizens will not only participate in, but also contribute to the whole innovation process. This paper examines the state-of-the art in involving the user and stakeholder organisations into the innovation process in various ongoing, embryonic Living Labs initiatives, examines the key practices that need to be in place for the maturation of the concept and gives examples on how those are currently being deployed. The paper concludes with a section dedicated to identifying areas in which future research is required.
2006 IEEE International Technology Management Conference (ICE), 2006
Living Labs are an emerging Public Private Partnership (PPP) concept in which firms, public autho... more Living Labs are an emerging Public Private Partnership (PPP) concept in which firms, public authorities and citizens work together to create, prototype, validate and test new services, businesses, markets and technologies in real-life contexts, such as cities, city regions, rural areas and collaborative virtual networks between public and private players. The real-life and everyday life contexts will both stimulate and challenge research and development as public authorities and citizens will not only participate in, but also contribute to the whole innovation process. This paper examines the state-of-the art in involving the user and stakeholder organisations into the innovation process in various ongoing, embryonic Living Labs initiatives, examines the key practices that need to be in place for the maturation of the concept and gives examples on how those are currently being deployed. The paper concludes with a section dedicated to identifying areas in which future research is required.
Abstract With the maintenance offering significant savings potential for manufacturing companies,... more Abstract With the maintenance offering significant savings potential for manufacturing companies, the relevance of advanced maintenance strategies like predictive maintenance is becoming increasingly important. The H2020 action UPTIME is developing a Unified Predictive Maintenance System, which is currently being applied to three industrial use cases. This paper presents the current state of the developments and its implementation in the use cases.
One ambition of Industry 4.0 is that all physical, virtual and human entities shall be able to co... more One ambition of Industry 4.0 is that all physical, virtual and human entities shall be able to communicate among each other. This approach provides a huge potential in case of further merging of production processes and further, offers the possibility to combine facilities from different local sites to one system. As an outcome, the production processes can be controlled from a remote fixed or mobile terminal to control and therefore have access within the production line. Especially for customers it is highly convenient to have a transparent insight in the running production process and the actual status of his orders. Moreover, to be able to change orders during running manufacture. Nowadays the industrial environment has changed a lot as the customers' demands have increased enormously. For instance, mass production must be smarter and all kind of data and information has to be handled. Furthermore, individual customized solutions are desired by clients. To react on the changing demands new solutions are necessary. Connecting all types of entities and equip the facilities with sensors to react on individual demands require a high reliability and security with a dynamic bandwidth, especially when production facilities have to work autonomously. With the upcoming fifth generation of mobile communication (5G) many required demands in the industrial environment can be satisfied. This means that 5G will have a deep impact in Industry 4.0 as it will be able to handle shortages concerning data handling, real-time demands and controlling hundreds of connected devices. BIBA's research topics lies in the field of production and logistics. With the new technology, the focus of research aims to examine requirements, constraints and the benefits of 5G for the industrial environment. By means of two use cases, one in production, the other one in logistics, the possibilities of 5G will be examined. The present paper will indicate the first steps by showing the use cases and first thoughts about the potential for future production facilities using cloud manufacturing.
The computer-based representation of "things" in the real world is at the heart of toda... more The computer-based representation of "things" in the real world is at the heart of today’s virtual engineering practices. Digital Twin (DT) is a term that receives significant attention in academia and business within this domain. Despite its appealing metaphorical strength, people use it to describe quite different applications with specific conceptual backgrounds, goals and approaches. This paper aims to provide a first systematic classification about DT applications to support follow-up research. The first part of this paper focuses on three application cases described in the academic literature. It analyzes their conceptual background, the targeted problem and the implemented use case. The result of this analysis are seven dimensions that categorize the presented DT applications. They include distinctions of goals, focused users, life cycle phases, system levels, data sources, authenticity and data exchange levels.
The need to understand users and products is one of the cores for product success. There are many... more The need to understand users and products is one of the cores for product success. There are many ways to reach this understanding,such as,interviews and consumer cocreation. This study put a focus on the application of product usage information (PUI). Although amount of product-related information is available in the middle of a product's life, producers have not realized the full potential of these data in product development. The academic literature describes various use cases that outline how PUI supports this kind of understanding, and eventually benefits product development. Each of them provides fragmented information from certain perspectives. This diversity and the lack of systematic overview facilitates a fragmentation in the research of PUI usage in product development. To have an initial and unified overview of PUI's value on the understanding of users and products, this paper conducted a combination of systematic and descriptive review to form a sample with 12 papers. The result indicates that PUI increases producer's understanding about the product, its users and the context of usage. However, producers need to address several challenges if they want to apply PUI in product development successfully.
The basic concept of a digital twin as widely used mandates the existence of an original counterp... more The basic concept of a digital twin as widely used mandates the existence of an original counterpart-most commonly dubbed as "real"which is represented by the digital instance. Subsequently, this coexistence of the real and digital twins poses a continuous interoperability issue between the physical and digital world. While in theory, the mapping of e.g. physical to digital properties is trivial, in practice, it usually is not. This paper presents a case study on how this interoperability problem can be addressed by the use of a unified data model for predictive maintenance applications, which has been developed in the EU-funded innovation action UPTIME.
ABSTRACT The middle of a product’s life is when the product is with the user. During the middle o... more ABSTRACT The middle of a product’s life is when the product is with the user. During the middle of life (MOL) phase, useful product information is created (usage information). In the past, research in engineering focused on the transformation of this information into engineering knowledge – for this purpose, demonstrators were developed and described in literature. Apart from demonstrating the feasibility of the approach, little is known about the vast body of usage information. This research is based on the analysis of real information manually extracted from a small selection of contents. Selected contents have been taken from a product embedded sensor device, a Shopping website (Amazon.com), a review website (Engadget.com) and a media platform (Youtube.com). Based on the discussion of the findings, a tree-like structure is proposed, summarizing the preliminary content-related characteristics of usage Information identified in this paper. Among these characteristics are the originators, sources, lifecycle activities covered, formats and the scope of information from the middle of life.
2018 IEEE International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation (ICE/ITMC), 2018
One ambition of Industry 4.0 is that all physical, virtual and human entities shall be able to co... more One ambition of Industry 4.0 is that all physical, virtual and human entities shall be able to communicate among each other. This approach provides a huge potential in case of further merging of production processes and further, offers the possibility to combine facilities from different local sites to one system. As an outcome, the production processes can be controlled from a remote fixed or mobile terminal to control and therefore have access within the production line. Especially for customers it is highly convenient to have a transparent insight in the running production process and the actual status of his orders. Moreover, to be able to change orders during running manufacture. Nowadays the industrial environment has changed a lot as the customers' demands have increased enormously. For instance, mass production must be smarter and all kind of data and information has to be handled. Furthermore, individual customized solutions are desired by clients. To react on the changing demands new solutions are necessary. Connecting all types of entities and equip the facilities with sensors to react on individual demands require a high reliability and security with a dynamic bandwidth, especially when production facilities have to work autonomously. With the upcoming fifth generation of mobile communication (5G) many required demands in the industrial environment can be satisfied. This means that 5G will have a deep impact in Industry 4.0 as it will be able to handle shortages concerning data handling, real-time demands and controlling hundreds of connected devices. BIBA's research topics lies in the field of production and logistics. With the new technology, the focus of research aims to examine requirements, constraints and the benefits of 5G for the industrial environment. By means of two use cases, one in production, the other one in logistics, the possibilities of 5G will be examined. The present paper will indicate the first steps by showing the use cases and first thoughts about the potential for future production facilities using cloud manufacturing.
The basic concept of a digital twin as widely used mandates the existence of an original counterp... more The basic concept of a digital twin as widely used mandates the existence of an original counterpart – most commonly dubbed as “real” – which is represented by the digital instance. Subsequently, this co-existence of the real and digital twins poses a continuous interoperability issue between the physical and digital world. While in theory, the mapping of e.g. physical to digital properties is trivial, in practice, it usually is not. This paper presents a case study on how this interoperability problem can be addressed by the use of a unified data model for predictive maintenance applications, which has been developed in the EU-funded innovation action UPTIME.
2015 IEEE International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation/ International Technology Management Conference (ICE/ITMC), 2015
The middle of a product's life is when the product is with the user. During the middle of lif... more The middle of a product's life is when the product is with the user. During the middle of life (MOL) phase, useful product information is created (usage information). In the past, research in engineering focused on the transformation of this information into engineering knowledge - for this purpose, demonstrators were developed and described in literature. Apart from demonstrating the feasibility of the approach, little is known about the vast body of usage information. This research is based on the analysis of real information manually extracted from a small selection of contents. Selected contents have been taken from a product embedded sensor device, a shopping website (Amazon.com), a review website (Engadget.com) and a media platform (Youtube.com). Based on the discussion of the findings, a tree-like structure is proposed, summarizing the preliminary content-related characteristics of usage information identified in this paper. Among these characteristics are the originators...
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