1) The document discusses the ICT requirements for smart factories, which use cyber-physical systems and the internet of things to increase flexibility and efficiency in production. 2) It outlines the opportunities of smart factories like shorter product development and increased competitiveness, but also challenges like ensuring security, scalability, and dealing with large amounts of diverse real-time data. 3) The document examines the different levels of an ICT infrastructure for smart factories including software, middleware, hardware, sensors, networks, and systems for data collection, storage, analysis and control that link enterprise, control and device levels.

1. Smart Factory - ICT Requirements
S. Klett, D. Petrov, G. Sathya, M. Altstadt, L. Sundari Nürnberg, 15.02.2016

2. Agenda
History of Industry 4.0
Definitions
Opportunities and Challenges
ICT Requirements
ICT in Smart Factories
IT Systems in Smart Factories
Smart Factory - Today and
Tomorrow

3. History of Industry 4.0
1st
Mechanization,
water power,
steam power
2nd
Mass production,
assembly line,
electricity
3rd
Computer and
automation
4th
Cyber Physical
Systems

4. Definitions
Internet of
Things
Cyber-Physical
Systems
Smart Factory

5. Management
View
Technical
View
Opportunities and Challenges of Smart
Factories

6. Challenges
• Competition for scare
human talent
• Limited resources
(physical, financial
etc.)
• Risk management
Opportunities
• Flexibility & Efficiency
& Individualization of
production
• Shorter product
development
• Increased world-wide
competitiveness
Management View

7. Challenges
• Complexity, scalability,
stability…
• Security (& Privacy)
• Permanent reliance
on technolog
Opportunities
• Opening of new
markets & businesses
• Advancing the state
of IT tech. (both SW &
HW)
Technical View

8. !
Software
!
Middleware
Hardware
• Software
• Applications (BI,
Management Systems
etc.)
• Middleware
• Networks (WiFi, BT-LE,
RFID, M2M etc.)
• Hardware
• Identification & Location
of any objects
ICT Requirements

9. ICT in Smart Factories - Information Landscape
Purdue Enterprise Reference Architecture
Business Logistics System
Manufacturing and Operations Systems
Control Systems
Intelligent Devices
Physical Process
Level 4
Level 3
Level 2
Level 1
Level 0

10. ICT in Smart Factories - Information Landscape
Generation Collection Storage Retrieval
Control Learning Analysis Transformation
Sensors
Cloud based data
collection systems
Big data cloud
storage
Data retrieval
systems
Data mining
systems
Predictive
analytics systems
Artificial
intelligence
Rapid response
systems
Visualization
Information Learning Systems

11. ICT in Smart Factories - Information Landscape
Challenges
• Veracity
• Variety
• Velocity
• Volume

12. ICT in Smart Factories - Information Landscape
Business Benefits

13. ICT in Smart Factories - Communication
Enterprise
Level
Control Level
Device Level
Sensor Level

14. ICT in Smart Factories - Communication

15. ICT in Smart Factories - Technology
Challenges
• Data Integrity
• Security
• Performance
• Cyber-Physical Bond
• GPS Dot
• Real time location systems
• Networking - Profinet
• Big Data - Cloud
Computing
• Protocols - IPv6
• GPS Mapping systems

16. Manufacturing Excution Systems (MES)
Production Systems (Shop Floor)
MES
ERP
• MESA model
• ISA-95
• VDI 5600
• ....
no leading
standard

17. Service-oriented Architecture (SOA)

18. ERP and MES in the Smart Factory
Production Systems (Shop Floor)
+ integrated
MES module(s)
ERP
Production Systems (Shop Floor)
MES
+ integrated
Industry 4.0 module(s)
ERP

19. Smart Factory - IT System Integration
further
research
and practical
experience
needed
dependent on
existing IT
infrastructure
and strategy
Companies
might
consider to
wait for a
global standard

20. Smart ICT Factory: Where it stands today
SIEMENS Smart
Factory
Collaborative
Robots
Additive
Manufacturing

21. Future Scope of Smart Factory's Research
#1
Collaborative Work
between
Professional and
Machines
#2
Regulatory
Framework
#3
Resources
Efficiency

22. Thank You for Listening!