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Digital technologies such as 5G, augmented reality, and artificial intelligence (AI) are currently being used in various ways by manufacturing companies. As the fourth industrial revolution progresses, it has become apparent that reckless use and inadequate regulation of these technologies have a detrimental effect on the environment in which they are utilized. Therefore, regulation of digital technologies is imperative today to ensure more responsible and sustainable use. While governments usually establish regulations, progress is not keeping pace with the demands and hazards of employing digital technologies. The European AI law serves as an example of the considerable distance yet to be covered before binding guidelines are established. Consequently, companies must take proactive measures today to ensure that they use digital technologies responsibly in their environments. In this context, identifying which digital technologies are pertinent to manufacturing companies in terms of regulation is crucial. Furthermore, a comprehensive approach is required to design compliance holistically for digital technologies and to systematically derive the corresponding guidelines. This paper introduces a set of models that not only determine the importance of
compliance in the application of different technologies but also present a framework for methodically designing compliance. Furthermore, the paper contributes to the development of an AI platform in the German research project PAIRS by investigating the compliance relevance of applications such as artificial intelligence.
Ziel des beantragten Fördervorhabens war es, die kontinuierliche Funktionsüberwachung und insbesondere den heutigen Sensoreinsatz in Verteilnetzen zu revolutionieren, durch Verwendung von Methoden der Künstlichen Intelligenz (KI), gepaart mit einer Verbesserung der zugehörigen Sensortechnik und eingesetzter digitaler Dienstleistungssysteme. Die integrale Betrachtung der wissenschaftlichen und technischen Herausforderungen und deren Bewältigung führten zu den notwendigen Ergebnissen, um den Erfolg der Energie- und Mobilitätswende in Deutschland zu unterstützen.
Mit den Ergebnissen des Vorhabens konnte der heutige Sensoreinsatz in Verteilnetzen durch Verwendung von Methoden der Künstlichen Intelligenz (KI) zusammen mit einer Erweiterung der Sensortechnik grundlegend verbessert werden. Die daraus abgeleiteten Unterziele umfassen alle wichtigen Aspekte des Sensoreinsatzes in elektrischen Betriebsmitteln.
Numerous traditional, agile and hybrid development approaches have been proposed for the development of CPS. As the choice of development process is crucial to the success of development projects, it has become a major challenge to identify the best-suited process. This paper introduces a methodology for identifying the best-suited CPS development process, based on the individual boundary conditions for a certain development project within a company. The authors used a set of eight indicators to assess a CPS-development project. The results of the assessment were matched with CPS-development approaches. Based on the matching results a best-suited development process was selected. The application is shown for a use case in the German manufacturing industry. The developed method aims to reduce the risk of project failure due to the wrong choice of development process.
Feasibility Analysis of Entity Recognition as a Means to Create an Autonomous Technology Radar
(2021)
Mit den neuesten Technologietrends auf dem Laufenden zu bleiben, ist für Fertigungsunternehmen eine entscheidende Aufgabe, um auf einem global wettbewerbsfähigen Markt erfolgreich zu bleiben. Die Erstellung eines Technologieradars ist ein etablierter, jedoch meist manueller Prozess zur Visualisierung der neuesten Technologietrends.
Der Herausforderung, Technologien zu identifizieren und zu visualisieren, widmet sich das Projekt TechRad, das maschinelles Lernen einsetzt, um ein autonomes Technologie-Scouting-Radar zu realisieren. Eine der Kernfunktionen ist die Identifizierung von Technologien in Textdokumenten. Dies wird durch natürliche Sprachverarbeitung (NLP) realisiert.
Dieser Beitrag fasst die Herausforderungen und möglichen Lösungen für den Einsatz von Entity Recognition zur Identifikation relevanter Technologien in Textdokumenten zusammen. Die Autoren stellen eine frühe Phase der Implementierung des Entity Recognition Modells vor. Dies beinhaltet die Auswahl von Transfer Learning als geeignete Methode, die Erstellung eines Datensatzes, der aus verschiedenen Datenquellen besteht, sowie den angewandten Modell-Trainings-Prozess. Abschließend wird die Leistungsfähigkeit der gewählten Methode in einer Reihe von Tests überprüft und bewertet.
Der Technologie- und Trendradar 2022 enthält die neusten Technologien und Trends des vergangenen Jahres. Im aktualisierten Radar wurden die Technologiereifegrade in den Steckbriefen neu bewertet, die Anwendungen, Potenziale und Herausforderungen der Technologien wo nötig aktualisiert und neue Technologien aufgenommen.
Der Technologie- und Trendradar 2022 enthält elf neue Steckbriefe. Das Technologiefeld Vernetzung wurde um Eventgetriebene IT-Architekturen, Internet of Behaviors und Web3 erweitert. Dem Feld Virtualisierung wurde die Technologie Metaverse hinzugefügt. Das Technologiefeld Datenverarbeitung wurde um den Trend Data-Centric AI ergänzt, das Feld Prozesse um den Trend Digitale Souveränität. Im Technologiefeld Produkte wurden die Technologien Edge AI, Inter Planetary File System (IPFS), Photonische Siliziumchips, Soft-Robotik und Neuromorphic Computing aufgenommen.
In road haulage, transports are interrupted by truck drivers to comply with driving and rest times. On long-distance routes, these interruptions lead to a considerable increase in transport time. Transport interruption can be avoided by so-called relay traffic: a vehicle (e. g. semi-trailer) is handed over to a rested driver at the end of the driving time. This type of transport requires a certain company size. In Germany, however, transport companies have 11 employees on average. Intra-company relay traffic is therefore not economically viable for most transport companies. To organize an intermodal transport across forwarding companies, long-distance routes need to be split into partial routes to divide them between freight forwarders and carriers. This paper presents a data concept for an algorithm to find the best possible route sections along a previously defined start and endpoint. The developed data concept includes order-specific data, forwarder-specific data, real-time traffic data, geographical data as well as data from freight forwarding software and telematics to be the basis for the route sectioning algorithm. In this paper, different data sources, external services and logistic systems are analyzed and evaluated. It is shown which data is needed and what the best ways are to select and derive this data from the different data sources.
Companies are transforming from transactional sales to providing solutions for their customers. Mostly, smart products, enabling companies to enhance their products by providing smart services to their customers, are a key building block in this transformation. However, the development of a smart product requires many digital skills and knowledge, which regular companies do not have. To facilitate the design and conceptualization of smart products, this paper presents a use-case-based information systems architecture prototype for smart products. Furthermore, the paper features the application and evaluation of the architecture on two different smart product projects. The use of such an architecture as a reference in smart product development serves as a huge advantage and accelerator for inexperienced companies, allowing faster entry into this new field of business. [https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-14844-6_16]
Digitalization and Industry 4.0 continue to shape our industrial environment and collaboration. For many enterprises, a key challenge in moving forward in this matter is the integration of their shop-floor systems (hard- and software) with their office-floor systems to harvest the full potential of industry 4.0.
A multitude of different technologies and respective use-cases available on the market leave many companies startled. This paper presents a set of use-cases for IT-OT-Integration to bring transparency into a company’s digital transformation.
Additionally, a technical requirements profile for integrating IT- and OT-Systems based on the use cases is presented. Both, use-cases and their requirements, guide companies in selecting the digitalization measures that fit their current situation and help in identifying technical challenges that need to be addressed in the transformation process.
Methods of machine learning (ML) are difficult for manufacturing companies to employ productively. Data science is not their core skill, and acquiring talent is expensive. Automated machine learning (Auto-ML) aims to alleviate this, democratizing machine learning by introducing elements such as low-code or no-code functionalities into its model creation process. Due to the dynamic vendor market of Auto-ML, it is difficult for manufacturing companies to successfully implement this technology. Different solutions as well as constantly changing requirements and functional scopes make a correct software selection difficult. This paper aims to alleviate said challenge by providing a longlist of requirements that companies should pay attention to when selecting a solution for their use case. The paper is part of a larger research effort, in which a structured selection process for Auto-ML solutions in manufacturing companies is designed. The longlist itself is the result of six case studies of different manufacturing companies, following the method of case study research by Eisenhardt. A total of 75 distinct requirements were identified, spanning the entire machine learning and modeling pipeline.
Intelligente Produkte werden für produzierende Unternehmen immer mehr zum Bestandteil einer umfassenden Digitalisierungsstrategie. Der Grund liegt darin, dass die Anreicherung eines Produkts mit digitalen Technologien konkrete Mehrwerte für Produzent:in und Kund:in erzeugt, aus denen sich langfristig Wettbewerbsvorteile ergeben. Während große Konzerne diese Strategie bereits für sich realisieren, bedeutet die notwendige Interdisziplinarität aus fachlicher und digitaler Expertise jedoch eine Hürde für KMU, die ihre Digitalisierung mit geringeren Ressourcen verfolgen.
Im EU-Forschungsprojekt ‚BlueSAM‘ hat das FIR mit dem belgischen Partner Sirris eine Methode erarbeitet, die Entwicklung Intelligenter Produkte nutzenorientiert auszurichten und sie architekturell vorzuarbeiten, um KMU einen vereinfachten Einstieg zu bereiten und initiale Aufwände zu reduzieren. Die nun über ein öffentlich verfügbares Webtool nutzbare BlueSAM-Methode hat das FIR dazu genutzt, ein eigenes Intelligentes Produkt als Demonstrator zu entwickeln: eine Espressomaschine, die gelernt hat, Personen bei der Espressozubereitung mit der Maschine zu unterstützen. Aus den Daten erkennt man etwa, wann der Espresso im Brauprozess die ideale Menge erreicht hat oder zu welchen Tageszeiten welche Sorten am beliebtesten sind.