Productive 4.0 is a European co-funded innovation and lighthouse program

Furnish the industry with SoS-based system architecture platforms supporting automation and digitalization for a sustainable production

SoS-based means the collection of dedicated systems in order to pool their capabilities for generating new and overall efficient complex systems. They will provide a domain independent platform enhancing automation and digitalization, application development, deployment, operation and maintenance. Covering fields like seamless integration of design, manufacturing and lifecycle management, this platform will boost overall efficiency.

The key platform requirements are real-time performance, safety and security, engineering and scalability as well as support of plant capturing, of device and system configuration and of production associated to business models and transactions support. The platform core design and implementation are targeting TRL 7-8. Digital production, Supply Chain Networks and Product Lifecycle Management support the platform’s functionalities. Designs and implementations are targeting TRL 5-7.

Interaction & Relation with other WPs: All other WPs (2-10)

Leader WP1: BnearlIT: Hans Forsberg/ LTU Prof. Jerker Delsing, PhD

Development of a data analytics framework and a secure communication environment for the full value chain.

The approach is to set up a distributed data analytics service in order to handle big data in real-time. This service will take advantage of machine learning technologies reaching TRL 8.

The necessary secure and robust communication environment will meet the demands of the industry. Among other specifications, high bandwidth will ensure optimal performance and reliability. It can be handled via control networks or monitoring networks. Utmost security and data confidentiality will be provided by authorization and authentication processes as well as data encryption under real-time aspects. The environment will focus on a number of topics along the full value chain. All data will be leveraged using data analytics that create essential added value to improve competitiveness, flexibility and high education jobs.

Interaction & Relation with other WPs: WP 1, 2, 3, 4, 8 and 9

Leader WP2: Philips: Stephanie Stevens, PhD / TU/e: Mike Holenderski, PhD

Provide the industry with IoT-enabling components

The approach is to meet the demands of the European industry for new hard- and software technologies such as smart sensors and actuators. These technologies should allow a significant competitive growth, and indeed without radical changes in the physical industrial environment. Thus, a smooth step-by-step digital transformation is ensured and negative disrupting effects are avoided. In the context of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), this new approach will connects and links things and objects in a revolutionary efficient way.

The main objectives are improvements in traceability and controllability of products and processes. The big quantity of data collected will have to become knowledge in order to gain new competitiveness, to guarantee better product quality and traceability, and to ensure more reliable and sustainable value chains.

Interaction & Relation with other WPs: WP 1, 6, 7 and 8

Leader WP3: Infineon: Klaus Pressel, PhD / TUBS: Prof. Mladen Berekovic, PhD

Development of complex simulation models for Digital Production, Supply Chain Networks and Product Lifecycle Management

The aim is to interconnect the entire product lifecycle and make it more flexible. A holistic long term, agent based simulation system will be developed. Other than state of the art systems, it will be able to visualize the expected effects of a configuration of parameter sets from an underlying parameter model. With existing systems however, it is only possible to simulate the effects by changing one single parameter with all other things being equal or held constant.

Together with the supply chain model in WP5, Productive4.0 will make the effects of a completely new production scenario visible. This approach is to address the requirements that come along with accelerated product lifecycles.

As a result, the industry will be able to develop and ramp up new products within days in a virtual product lifecycle instead of wasting huge amounts of budget and time with physical systems. Prototypes to be integrated into a mature supply chain can be developed more efficiently and much faster.

Interaction & Relation with other WPs: WP 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9

Leader WP4: SimPlan: Sven Spieckerman, PhD / KIT: Prof. Kai Furmans, PhD /

Powerful systems for planning, virtualising, operating and controlling

Productive4.0 aims to create holistic operating systems in order to reduce customer order waiting times as well as production lead times and to improve the overall quality compared to today’s manufacturing systems designs.

A virtual company system is enabling faster and more flexible product lifecycles. It will avoid asymmetric information and optimize processes as observed commonly. This virtual supply chain as a “digital twin” of the physical supply chain enables effective strategic decision making following certain standards on different planning stages across the entire supply chain.

This work package is going to provide an infrastructure where all logistical parameters affecting the on time delivery are modeled and correlated. The planning and control systems will be based on the architecture platform developed in WP1 and build the basis for further simulation actions with the simulator developed in WP4.

Interaction & Relation with other WPs: WP 1, 4, 6, 7, 8 and 9

Leader WP5: Bosch: Georg Laipple, PhD / Univ. of Cologne: Prof. Horst Tempelmeier, PhD

Influence relevant international standards on digitalizing the Industry

With the introduction of new systems, standards have to be adjusted and adapted, and new ones will emerge. This work package will coordinate an overall standardization effort targeting a set of standards that covers the field of Productive4.0 without gaps and which will promote an increased industrial use.

The intention is to influence international standards on digitalizing the industry. They may either be updated or harmonized, and in case of identified gaps in the multi-level chain of supporting processes created. Standardization relates to cyber-physical systems and their implementation, evolution, certification and development.

The approach is to synthesize contributions from the rest of the Productive4.0 project and to find the best strategy for promoting these results to become standard. Standardization interacts with all other work packages.

Interaction & Relation with other WPs: WP 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (influencing) and 7-9 (applying)

Leader WP6: AIT: Erwin Schoitsch, MSc / HIOF: Prof. Øystein Haugen, PhD

Multi-sided cross-domain platform for Manufacturing Networks

The Framework will be deployed in order to provide the industry with new platforms increasing the efficiency of the value chain and finally the product attractiveness. It will enable a consistent monitoring of various target dimensions such as performance, costs or reliability over the entire product lifecycle and allow for simultaneous cost engineering. It will also target at the complete digitalization by integrating existing data backbone.

Reference architecture solutions will be provided for the three main pillars DP, SCN and PLM. Alongside an increased efficiency, the Framework will be a Standards Guide representing an overview on IoT-relevant standards at different industrial domains and work levels, thus pushing an overall standard.

In order to achieve the goal of furnishing the industry with tailor-made digital solutions and reference implementations for business success, the Productive4.0 Framework will be designed as a sustainable and open online exploitation, sales and marketing channel.

Interaction & Relation with other WPs: Combining outputs from WP 1-6

Leader WP7: Infineon: Hans Ehm, MSc / HUA: Prof. George Dimitrakopoulos, PhD

Practical solutions and reference implementations for the Digital Industry

Focusing on automation and digitalization reference implementations, this work package reflects a hands-on approach with practical solutions. They are provided with respect to the three main pillars DP, SCN and PLM at all levels of the entire supply chain: OEM, Tier1, Tier2 and so forth, aiming at TRL8.

Reference implementations such as 3D printer farms, customized production or self-learning robot systems will benefit from specific technological and conceptual approaches. Latter include virtual reality technologies or artificial intelligence. Integrating different systems and handling big data on the basis of safe data sharing will also enhance an overall productivity and reduce costs. Alongside, processes will become more transparent.

The goal is to demonstrate in characteristic use cases at different steps in the value chain how a real and robust implementation of new technologies can be developed and accomplished.

Interaction & Relation with other WPs: WP 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5

Leader WP8: BMW: Thomas Irrenhauser, PhD / EDMS: Prof. Vahid Salehi, PhD

Implementation of reference Product Use Cases for the different industrial domains

This work package also reflects the hands-on approach of Productive4.0 and its potentials with respect to the three pillars DP, SCN and PLM. In comparison to WP8, WP9 focuses on implementations of characteristic product use cases and demonstrates how product lifecycle management will benefit from the capabilities of Digital Industry and IIoT through a specific product handling along the entire supply chain. It also shows the influence on the product design and comprises examples like chemical production, ball bearing manufacturing or energy power components.

This work package is focused on the demonstration of the specific technological and conceptual approaches in fields like service-oriented architecture (SOA), IOT components & infrastructures or process virtualization. These are developed methods treating the entire value chain, and they are described in WP1 through WP5 aiming at TRL8.

The whole approach is developed in various sectors and regions by several use cases, each of which aims at verifying and validating the developed methodologies. They are actively involved in the work packages in order to meet the demands of the industry.

Interaction & Relation with other WPs: WP 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and input for WP6

Leader WP8: Philips: Stephanie Stevens, PhD / Mondragon: Miren Illarramendi, PhD

Establish an appropriate environment for the Productive4.0 brain pool

The goal of this work package is to establish a creative and efficient environment that guarantees a successful and sustainable job of the Productive4.0 consortium for the benefit of the European Digital Industry. Infineon will be responsible for the overall coordination and management of the project.

WP10 will also ensure that all project objectives and results are properly disseminated and take care of public relation strategies. The progress on dissemination and exploitation over the entire project will be thoroughly monitored. All related activities aim at a professional positioning of Productive4.0 on a regional, national and European level. They will be aligned with ECSEL, European clusters and the ARTEMIS/ECSEL Centers of Innovation Excellence.

Interaction & Relation with other WPs: All other WPs (1-9)

Leader WP10: Infineon: Thomas Gutt, MSc / Alfred Höß, PhD / Anna Laktionova, MSc