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As manufacturing companies increasingly embrace digitalization to enhance efficiency and effectiveness, the demand for IT specialists has surged. In response, companies are turning to low-code programming as a solution to alleviate the burden on their IT departments. Through the utilization of low-code tools, domain experts, who may lack IT-specialist credentials yet possess valuable insights and domain-specific knowledge, are empowered to develop applications. However, implementing low-code without proper governance can lead to shadow IT and associated risks, where IT activities operate in the background hidden from official IT management. This paper aims to lay a foundation for elaborating a low-code governance by identifying low-code use cases in manufacturing companies and typifying them.
Three types of low-code use cases for manufacturing companies are identified: "Development by Domain Experts," "Development by Domain Experts and IT Specialists," and "Development by IT Specialists." These types provide a basis for designing effective low-code governance principles, enabling responsible and efficient use of low-code development in the manufacturing sector.
Auch unter Einsatz KI-basierter Technologien bleibt der Mensch ein wichtiger Bestandteil produzierender Unternehmen. Dabei stehen insbesondere kleine und mittlere Unternehmen (KMU) vor der Herausforderung, die Implementierung von Digitalisierungskonzepten und innovativer Technik nicht nur effizient, sondern auch menschengerecht zu gestalten. Deshalb ist es wichtig, regionale Unternehmen bei der Digitalisierung zu unterstützen sowie entsprechende Qualifizierungs- und Schulungsmaßnahmen bereitzustellen. Mit diesem Ziel ist im Oktober 2021 das interdisziplinäre Verbundprojekt ‚AKzentE4.0 – Arbeitswissenschaftliches Kompetenzzentrum für Erwerbsarbeit in der Industrie 4.0‘ mit einer Laufzeit von fünf Jahren gestartet. Die Grundlage für das Kompetenzzentrum bildet eine Bedarfsanalyse, die bereits die Unterstützungsanforderungen sowie erste Bedenken der Unternehmen in Bezug auf innovative Technik abbildete. Um die Ergebnisse des Projekts nachhaltig zu verstetigen, soll das daraus resultierende Kompetenzzentrum als regionale Anlaufstelle für Wissen und Vernetzung dienen.
Digitization is constantly affecting the working world and is of enormous interest in many fields of science. But to what extent are innovative technologies actually being applied in regional SMEs and what are the obstacles to their introduction? From a psychological point of view, it is essential to consider the employee's health and the effects of innovative technologies on their everyday work. The aim of using innovative technologies should not be to completely replace human labor or to dequalify employees, but to relieve the workforce and free up working time for more meaningful activities. One concept that should be included in the human-centered design of human-machine interaction in artificial intelligence is the HAI-MMI concept (Huchler, 2020), which offers starting points for high-quality collaboration at various levels. To reduce the gap between science and industry, this paper focuses on the actual demands of SME in the Aachen region in Germany referring to a requirements analysis within the research project AKzentE4.0 (N = 50 SME) and discusses how appropriate innovative technologies of the Industry 4.0 and AI can be implemented and deployed in a human-centred way. Moreover, the establishment of a Human Factors Competence Center for Employment in Industry 4.0 is outlined, which is meant to be used for the dissemination of research results from the project and should narrow the gap between science and industry in the long run.
