Transformability in Material Flow Systems: Towards an Improved Product Development Process

Maximilian Wuennenberg, Pia Vollmuth, Josef Xu, Johannes Fottner, Birgit Vogel-Heuser

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Abstract

In a turbulent environment with changing conditions and requirements and the advance of Industry 4.0, transformability is an important aspect for material flow systems along their entire product life cycle. It must be considered already in early development phases and plays a key role in the operation of a system up to eventual retrofits. Therefore, transformability can help in making material flow systems reusable and thus more sustainable. Developments in the state of the art make change management a challenging task since specifications from several mechatronic domains need to be considered in a multi-disciplinary project environment. This paper analyzes established approaches that have been developed in research works, and combines these findings with the view of practitioners and thereby deduces a collection of requirements for the consistent development and operation of material flow systems. These requirements cover necessary models of the system and the participants in the development process, as well as the consideration of life cycle-related aspects for all components. After that, it is discussed which requirements are already partially met by existing approaches and which aspects need to be developed in the future to reach the objective of improved transformability in the product life cycle of material flow systems.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationManaging and Implementing the Digital Transformation - Proceedings of the 1st International Symposium on Industrial Engineering and Automation, ISIEA 2022
EditorsDominik T. Matt, Renato Vidoni, Erwin Rauch, Patrick Dallasega, Dominik T. Matt
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages3-14
Number of pages12
ISBN (Print)9783031143168
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022
Event1st International Symposium on Industrial Engineering and Automation, ISIEA 2022 - Bolzano, Italy
Duration: 21 Jun 202222 Jun 2022

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Networks and Systems
Volume525 LNNS
ISSN (Print)2367-3370
ISSN (Electronic)2367-3389

Conference

Conference1st International Symposium on Industrial Engineering and Automation, ISIEA 2022
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityBolzano
Period21/06/2222/06/22

Keywords

  • Consistency management
  • Flexibility
  • Internal logistics
  • Material flow systems
  • Optimization
  • Retrofits
  • Transformability

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