Industrie 4.0: Agile Entwicklung und Produktion im Internet of Production

Data-driven product optimization capabilities to enhance sustainability and environmental compliance in a marine manufacturing context

“…Product and manufacturing sustainability is closely related to the product lifecycle, especially the design choices made early in the product design process. A digital product and process twin is one of the first steps towards an improved data-driven product optimization (Schuh et al, 2016). To enable feedback loops and improvements based on data, there is a need to integrate and communize digital product twins across the lifetime for different applications.…”

“…Along the product development process, there is the need for either virtual or physical prototypes. The physical or virtual realization of prototypes is necessary for early feedback loops and the integration of customers into the development process (Schuh et al, 2016). Companies can no longer afford the-build-it-and-tweak-it approach, which has characterized many design projects.…”

“…Building a digital twin of every product in the field is a step towards data-driven product optimization. Collecting useful data, however, often requires usage of cost-effective active sensors (Schuh et al, 2016).…”

“…The design is often constrained by the fabrication method, which often implies that a new manufacturing technology will create a so-called technology-push in design. Schuh et al (Schuh et al, 2016) present a Design for Industrie 4.0 framework as existing DfX approaches are no longer completely relevant in this new context and need to be supplemented by different aspects and elements. Products in the context of Industry 4.0 must for example, be able to communicate and provide the capability to be maintained from a distance.…”

“…Different DfX approaches consider specific recommendations for a specific virtue (environmental sustainability and quality) or different phases of the life cycle (manufacturing and assembly) (Schuh et al, 2016), see Figure 2. A holistic product design that considers all aspects of the product lifecycle, is highly complex.…”