Design Principles For Industrie 4 - 0 Scenarios PDF
Design Principles For Industrie 4 - 0 Scenarios PDF
Design Principles For Industrie 4 - 0 Scenarios PDF
No. 01 / 2015
Hermann, Mario
Pentek, Tobias*
Otto, Boris
1 Introduction
Industrie 4.0 is currently one of the most frequently discussed topics among prac-
titioners and academics in the German-speaking area (Dais, 2014, p. 625; Drath &
Horch, 2014, p. 56). Since the German federal government announced Industrie
4.0 as one of the key initiatives of its high-tech strategy in 2011 (Kagermann,
Wahlster, & Helbig, 2013, p. 77), numerous academic publications, practical arti-
cles, and conferences have focused on that topic (Bauernhansl, Hompel, & Vogel-
Heuser, 2014, p. V).
The fascination for Industrie 4.0 is twofold. First, for the first time an indus-
trial revolution is predicted a-priori, not observed ex-post (Drath, 2014, p. 2). This
provides various opportunities for companies and research institutes to actively
shape the future. Second, the economic impact of this industrial revolution is sup-
posed to be huge, as Industrie 4.0 promises substantially increased operational ef-
fectiveness as well as the development of entirely new business models, services,
and products (Kagermann et al., 2013, p. 16; Kagermann, 2014, p. 603; Kempf,
2014, p. 5). A recent study estimates that these benefits will have contributed as
much as 78 billion euros to the German GDP by the year 2025 (Bauer, Schlund,
Marrenbach, & Ganschar, 2014, p. 5).
With Industrie 4.0 becoming a top priority for many research centers, univer-
sities, and companies within the past three years, the manifold contributions from
academics and practitioners have made the meaning of the term more blurry than
concrete (Bauernhansl et al., 2014, p. V). Even the key promoters of the idea, the
Industrie 4.0 Working Group and the Plattform Industrie 4.0, only describe
the vision, the basic technologies the idea aims at, and selected scenarios (compare
Kagermann et al., 2013, p. 5; Plattform Industrie 4.0, 2014), but do not provide a
clear definition. As a result, a generally accepted definition of Industrie 4.0 has not
been published so far (Bauer et al., 2014, p. 18).
According to (Jasperneite, 2012, p. 27), scientific research is always impeded
if clear definitions are lacking, as any theoretical study requires a sound conceptu-
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2 Background
The term Industrie 4.0 is used for the next industrial revolution - which is about
to take place right now. This industrial revolution has been preceded by three oth-
1 Original source: Fachleute sind der festen berzeugung, dass die meisten Unternehmen
in Deutschland keine klare Vorstellung davon haben, was Industrie 4.0 eigentlich ist und wie sie
aussehen wird.
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understands Industrie 4.0 as a new level of value chain organization and man-
agement across the lifecycle of products (Plattform Industrie 4.0, 2014).2
As the term Industrie 4.0 is not well-known outside the German-speaking
area (Lasi, Fettke, Kemper, Feld, & Hoffmann, 2014, p. 261), it is worth to look at
comparable ideas from a global perspective. General Electric promotes a similar
idea under the name Industrial Internet (Bungart, 2014; Evans & Annunziata,
2012). It is defined as the integration of complex physical machinery and devices
with networked sensors and software, used to predict, control and plan for better
business and societal outcomes (Industrial Internet Consortium, 2013). The US
government supports research and development activities in the area of the Indus-
trial Internet with a 2 billion dollar fund for Advanced Manufacturing (Presidents
Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, 2014, p. 46). Further similar ide-
as can be found under the terms Integrated Industry (Brger & Tragl, 2014,
p. 560) and Smart Industry or Smart Manufacturing (Dais, 2014, p. 628; Davis,
Edgar, Porter, Bernaden, & Sarli, 2012, p. 145; Wiesmller, 2014, p. 1).
2 Original source: Der Begriff Industrie 4.0 steht fr die vierte industrielle Revolution, ei-
ner neuen Stufe der Organisation und Steuerung der gesamten Wertschpfungskette ber den
Lebenszyklus von Produkten.
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CPS, Smart Factory and Smart Product, as these terms are explicitly used in the
text, and Internet of Things, as this term is implicitly mentioned in the phrase ver-
tically networked with business processes within factories and enterprises and hor-
izontally connected to dispersed value networks. The two researchers then aggre-
gated the keywords assigned and discussed those cases in which discrepancies had
occurred. The final list included 15 (German and English) keywords (see Key-
words 2 in Figure 1).
Keyword 1 Keyword 2
Industrie 4.0, Cyber-Physical Systems,
Industry 4.0 Cyber-Physikalische Systeme,
CPS, Internet of Things,
Internet der Dinge, Internet of
Services, Internet der Dienste,
and
Smart Factory, intelligente
Fabrik, Smart Product,
intelligentes Produkt, Big
Data, Cloud, M2M, Machine-
to-Machine
Figure 1: Keywords
After that, a search combining the keywords and Industrie 4.0 or Industry
4.0 was conducted in the five databases (see Figure 1). As this search resulted in
only a few hits, Google Scholar was included into the search process. Following
the recommendations of Webster and Watson (2002, p. xvi), the results were
complemented by a backward and forward search. Of these results, only the publi-
cations which had a clear reference to Industrie 4.0 in their title, abstract, or
keywords were considered as relevant. This procedure led to 51 publications
which were analyzed completely by the two researchers and then tagged with the
respective keywords. Again, the results were aggregated and discussed in order to
eliminate discrepancies. The keywords were then ranked according to their fre-
quency of occurrence. The four most relevant keywords are presented as the basic
components of Industrie 4.0 in the following chapter. In accordance with vom
Brocke et al.s (2009) last step in the literature search process, the paper outlines
further possible research activities based on the literature reviews results in Chap-
ter 6.
Based on the four basic components identified, the authors provide a defini-
tion of Industrie 4.0. This definition adheres to Aristotles rules of genus proxi-
mum and differentia specifica. While the first rule requires a definition to name the
terms genus (i.e the superordinate concept or species the term belongs to), the lat-
ter demands a definition to specify the distinct features which distinguish the term
from other terms within the concept or species (Aristotle, 350 BC; Westermann,
2001).
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In a final step, the authors derive Industrie 4.0 design principles based on the
introduced definitions of the Industrie 4.0 components and the given examples. In
order to ensure the reliability of the process, two researcher derived Industrie 4.0
design principles independently. The design principles found where combined and
grouped. In total, six groups where found. Each group is represented by a generic
term. According to Gregor (2002), these principles guide practitioners and scien-
tists on how to do (p. 11) Industrie 4.0.
Table 1: Industrie 4.0 components (as identified in the 51 publications under analysis)
Search Term (Group) Number of Publications in Which
Search Term (Group) Occured
Cyber-Physical Systems, Cyber-Physikalische Systeme, CPS 46
Internet of Things, Internet der Dinge 36
Smart Factory, intelligente Fabrik 24
Internet of Services, Internet der Dienste 19
Smart Product, intelligentes Produkt 10
M2M, Machine-to-Machine 8
Big Data 7
Cloud 5
Physical Systems (CPS). CPS are integrations of computation and physical pro-
cesses. Embedded computers and networks monitor and control the physical pro-
cesses, usually with feedback loops where physical processes affect computations
and vice versa. (Lee, 2008, p. 363). The development of CPS is characterized by
three phases. The first generation of CPS includes identification technologies like
RFID tags, which allow unique identification. Storage and analytics have to be
provided as a centralized service. The second generation of CPS are equipped with
sensors and actuators with a limited range of functions. CPS of the third genera-
tion can store and analyze data, are equipped with multiple sensors and actuators,
and are network compatible (Bauernhansl, 2014, pp. 1617). One example of a
CPS is the intelligent bin (iBin) by Wrth. It contains a built-in infrared camera
module for C-parts management, which determines the amount of C-parts within
the iBin. If the quantity falls below the safety stock, the iBin automatically orders
new parts via RFID. This allows consumption based C-parts management in real-
time (Gnthner, Klenk, & Tenerowicz-Wirth, 2014, p. 307).
The Internet of Services (IoS) enables service vendors to offer their services via
the internet. [] The IoS consists of participants, an infrastructure for services,
business models and the services themselves. Services are offered and combined
into value-added services by various suppliers; they are communicated to users as
well as consumers and are accessed by them via various channels. (Buxmann,
Hess, & Ruggaber, 2009, p. 341). This development allows a new way of dynamic
variation of the distribution of individual value chain activities (Plattform
Industrie 4.0, 2013, p. 4). It is conceivable that this concept will be transferred
from single factories to entire value added networks in the future. Factories may
go one step further and offer special production technologies instead of just
production types. These production technologies will be offered over the IoS and
can be used to manufacture products or compensate production capacities (Scheer,
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2013, p. 2). The idea of the IoS has been implemented in a project named SMART
FACE under the Autonomics for Industrie 4.0 program initiated by the Federal
Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy. It develops a new distributed
production control for the automotive industry. The project is based on a service-
oriented architecture. This allows the use of modular assembly stations that can be
flexibly modified or expanded. The transportation between the assembly stations
is ensured by automated guided vehicles. Both, assembly stations and automated
guided vehicles offer their services through the IoS. The vehicle bodies know their
customer specific configuration and can decide autonomously which working
steps are needed. Therefore, they can individually compose the required processes
through the IoS and autonomously navigate through the production (Fraunhofer
IML, 2014).
Based on the findings from the literature review, we define Industrie 4.0 as
follows: Industrie 4.0 is a collective term for technologies and concepts of value
chain organization. Within the modular structured Smart Factories of Industrie
4.0, CPS monitor physical processes, create a virtual copy of the physical world
and make decentralized decisions. Over the IoT, CPS communicate and cooperate
with each other and humans in real time. Via the IoS, both internal and cross-
organizational services are offered and utilized by participants of the value chain.
The design principles are explained in the following by using the example of the
key finder plant of SmartFactoryKL. SmartFactoryKL is a vendor independent tech-
nology initiative settled at the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence.
The demonstration plant was built in the course of the RES-COM project. It pro-
cesses parts for key finders and assembles them. The housing of the key finders is
equipped with a RFID tag that provides all production relevant data (Schlick et al.,
2014, pp. 74-75).
5.1 Interoperability
Interoperability is a very important enabler of Industrie 4.0. In Industrie 4.0 com-
panies, CPS and humans are connected over the IoT and the IoS. Standards will be
a key success factor for communication between CPS of various manufacturers.
The German Commission for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies
of DIN and VDE has recognized this need and published the German Standardi-
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5.2 Virtualization
Virtualization means that CPS are able to monitor physical processes. These sen-
sor data are linked to virtual plant models and simulation models. Thus, a virtual
copy of the physical world is created. In the SmartFactoryKL plant the virtual mod-
el includes the condition of all CPS. In case of failure a human can be notified. In
addition, all necessary information, like next working steps or safety arrange-
ments, are provided (Gorecky, Schmitt & Loskyll, 2014, p. 535). Hereby, humans
are supported in handling the rising technical complexity (SmartFactoryKL, 2014).
5.3 Decentralization
The rising demand for individual products makes it increasingly difficult to con-
trol systems centrally. Embedded computers enable CPS to make decisions on
their own. Only in cases of failure tasks are delegated to a higher level (ten
Hompel, Otto, 2014, p. 6). Nevertheless, for quality assurance and traceability it is
necessary to keep track of the whole system at any time. In the context of the
SmartFactoryKL plant decentralization means that the RFID tags tell machines
which working steps are necessary. Therefore, central planning and controlling is
no longer needed (Schlick et al., 2014, p. 75).
5.6 Modularity
Modular systems are able to flexibly adapt to changing requirements by replacing
or expanding individual modules. Therefore, modular systems can be easily ad-
justed in case of seasonal fluctuations or changed product characteristics. In the
SmartFactoryKL plant, new modules can be added using the Plug&Play principle.
Based on standardized software and hardware interfaces (Schlick et al., 2014, p.
75), new modules are identified automatically and can be utilized immediately via
the IoS (SmartFactoryKL, 2014).
6 Conclusions
The paper contributes to the ongoing discussion centering around Industrie 4.0
within both the scientific and the practitioners community.
By providing a definition of Industrie 4.0, the paper creates a common
understanding of the term, which is needed for a reasonable scientific discussion
on the topic. The design principles derived from four basic Industrie 4.0 compo-
nents support academics in identifying, describing, and selecting Industrie 4.0
scenarios in the context of further investigations.
The papers practical contributions are twofold: First, the definition given
for Industrie 4.0 helps clarify the basic understanding of the term Industrie 4.0
among practitioners. Second, the six design principles can be used for implement-
ing Industrie 4.0 scenarios in companies. They help identify potential use cases
and offer guidance during implementation.
Limitations of the paper result from its scope and the research method
applied. As the focus is on German and English publications only, relevant contri-
butions in other languages might be left unnoticed. Furthermore, it is possible that
during the initial identification of search terms an important Industrie 4.0 related
topic might have been overlooked, leading to an incomplete list of keywords and,
consequently, to an imperfect definition of Industrie 4.0.
Researchers and practitioners are welcome to test the accuracy and use-
fulness of the definition given. Regarding the six design principles identified, fur-
ther research should challenge their utility by identifying, describing, and selecting
Industrie 4.0 scenarios from an academic or practical perspective. Since Drath and
Horch (2013) underline that Industrie 4.0 is a phenomenon that will come inevi-
tably, whether we want it or not (p. 58), both academics and practitioners are in-
vited to further enhance the papers contribution in order to make the idea of In-
dustrie 4.0 an integral part of future manufacturing and production processes.
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