The Smart Factory Web testbed aims to form a network of smart factories with flexible adaptation of production capabilities and sharing of resources and assets to improve order fulfillment.

1. Smart Factory Web
Testbed

2. Testbed At-a-Glance
For factories with production
capabilities who want to improve order
fulfillment and create new business,
our Smart Factory Web Testbed
provides flexible assignment of
production resources across multiple
sites
enabling plug and work functions and
data analytics.
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3. Factories face difficulties in efficiently adapting machines and processes on the shop
floor to fulfill customized orders.
The Problem
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New technology can be risky
Technology changes can affect entire small to
medium-sized enterprises
OT and IT engineering not integrated
Prevents flexible adaptation of production
Lack of efficient system engineering
Order-driven factories must minimize
change-over times

4. Technical Challenges
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Connectivity: How to connect factories to the internet?
Devices ranging from sensors, actuators and controllers up to IT systems from multi-vendor and
multi-platforms
Security: How to provide information securely to authorized set of partners?
Factory operation information requires confidentiality
Integration: How can production capabilities be adapted quickly and efficiently in
response to orders?
Factories, data and services are distributed
Interoperability: How can information be exchanged reliably across disparate
factories?
Description of capabilities of an asset, its information model and semantics must be conveyed

5. Impact of the Problem
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Society
• Workforce challenges
• Misperception of
manufacturing industry
jobs
• OT and IT skills needed;
new job profiles
Environmental
• Limited upgrades to old
facilities can have
direct and indirect
negative impact on
natural resources
• “Going green” is
expensive
Business
• Adding manufacturing
assets is expensive
• Pressure to make
customized products at
competitive cost in small
lots at high quality
• Need to reduce
equipment change-over
time

6. A new business model for a web of shared manufacturing resources & assets improves
access to factory capabilities, optimization of equipment and interoperability via
industrial standards such as AutomationML & OPC UA.
The Solution
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Efficient utilization of resources
A web of integrated factories provides adaptation of production
capabilities and resources; flexible assignment of assets,
redistributable manufacturing
Faster engineering
Access to plug and work functions and data analytics provides
the basis for improving business models and faster engineering
augmentations.
Increased access to production assets
Flexible adaptation of production capabilities and resource sharing means
faster order fulfillment for customers and less idle time for manufacturers.

7. Progress Report
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Testbed
Approval
• Sept. 2016
• Participants
established
Geospatial
Mapping &
Capabilities
Profiling
• Geospatial
mapping
• Capabilities
profiling
• Factory
capabilities
described in
AutomationML
Plug &
Work
• Adapting
production with
plug & work
(standards
OPC-UA &
AutomationML)
Data &
Service
Integration
• IIoT Platform
integration
• Secure data
aggregation
• Secure asset
connectivity
• Asset status
monitoring
Collaboration
• Pre-integration
test simulation
• Sharing
software
assets
• Identify
collaborative
engineering
opportunities

8. The Team
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Have questions about this testbed?
• Send an email to info@iiconsortium.org
• See the IIC Testbed page at www.iiconsortium.org/smart-factory-web
• View the Fraunhofer IOSB Web site at www.smartfactoryweb.de

9. What’s next?
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Activity Timeline
Phase 1: Geospatial Mapping – A portal to register and find smart factories with the
required capabilities
4/2016-
2/2017
Phase 2: Plug & Work – Usage of OPC UA and AutomationML for the flexible and
efficient restructuring of equipment and production processes
9/2016-
12/2017
Phase 3: Data & Service Integration – Cockpit for monitoring the current status of
factory assets and technical processes as well as resource availability
7/2017-
6/2018
Phase 4: Cross-site Engineering – Extending Plug & Work from devices to software
modules, adapting data analytics; defining semantics of interfaces
7/2018-
6/2019
All Phases: Security – Protect confidential information, ensure that factory operations
are not disturbed and security requirements are not put at risk
ONGOING

10. “Providers of factory components, in
software or hardware, and operators of
smart factories around the world are
invited to contribute to the Smart Factory
Web if they comply with the idea of a
collaborative factory network based upon
open standards”.
- Thomas Usländer (Head of Department,
Fraunhofer IOSB)
Factories face strong pressure from
competition, challenges to respond
to new market opportunities, and
pressure to fill small size orders
with competitive cost.
The Problem
Smart Factory Web Testbed
Our Solution
Team
The Smart Factory Web forms a
network of smart factories with
flexible adaptation of production
capabilities and sharing of
resources and assets to improve
order fulfillment.
Key Benefits
• Reduced IT system integration
and installation costs
• Flexible assignment of
production resources across
factory locations
• Faster engineering and ramp-up
of components, machines, plants
and IT systems
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Interested in participating, express interest here:
www.smartfactoryweb.de/servlet/is/Entry.63354.ExecAction/?action=63386

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