Development of a model and method for the characterization, assessment and configuration of communication concepts in factories in the context of industry 4.0

开发工业 4.0 背景下工厂通信概念的表征、评估和配置的模型和方法

• 批准号: 405932399
• 负责人: Professor Dr.-Ing. Jörg Rainer Noennig
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Institut für Fabrikanlagen und Logistik (IFA)
• 依托单位国家: 德国
• 项目类别: Research Grants
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 德国
• 起止时间: 2017-12-31 至 2020-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/405932399?language=en
• 关键词: Development; model; method; characterization; assessment

The system components of a factory (technic, organization, employee, location and building) are linked to each other through processes (material, energy, information and communication). The system components and their interactions can be affected by outer and inner changes of the frame conditions and define together the performance of the factory. Going along with the current trend industry 4.0 an increase in efficiency and productivity are regarded as the key benefits. However, simultaneously the outer and inner frame conditions are changed fundamentally, which leads in turn to profound changes within the system of the factory. To persist in the existing market environment a continuously generation of knowledge as a base for innovation is regarded as an essential competitive advantage, next to a high cost effectiveness. Thereby, the continuously generation of knowledge is significantly influenced by the communication concept. The communication concept describes the requirements, which are given by the system components of a factory to the communication and information processes. Hence, the objective of the research project is to describe the changes through industry 4.0 of the communication and information processes between the system components of the factory holistically, determine dependencies and to transfer the results in a model and method to asses and design the communication concepts of factories. Model and method shall enable the designing of effective communication concepts and consequently support the sustainment and enhancement of the capacity for innovation, as a competitive advantage in the high wage country Germany. For this, a descriptive model is developed initially. This includes change activators through industry 4.0, future requirements on the communication and information processes as well as communication barriers between the system components and generic measures to clear the communication barriers. On the basis of a comparison between the findings out of industrial enterprises, a verification and if necessary an adaption of the descriptive model is made. Afterwards hypothesis to the interrelations between change activators, requirements and measures are expressed and subsequent revised together with the industrial enterprises. Ensuing the verified interrelations are transferred in a causal model based on the system dynamic approach. This helps to illustrate the fundamental assumptions and system boundaries, identify (nonlinear and counterintuitive) feedback loops and to explain complex cause-and-effect chains. The obtained knowledge is transferred into a method and an application tool. Concluding, both are evaluated in industrial enterprises.

工厂的系统组件(技术、组织、员工、位置和建筑)通过过程(材料、能量、信息和通信)相互联系。系统组件及其相互作用可能会受到框架条件的外部和内部变化的影响，并共同定义工厂的性能。随着当前行业4.0的趋势，效率和生产率的提高被认为是关键的好处。然而，与此同时，内外框架条件也发生了根本性的变化，这反过来又导致了工厂系统内部的深刻变化。要在现有的市场环境中坚持不断地产生知识作为创新的基础，就被视为一种基本的竞争优势，仅次于高成本效益。因此，知识的持续生成受到传播观念的显著影响。通信概念描述了工厂的系统组件对通信和信息过程的要求。因此，研究项目的目的是通过工业4.0全面描述工厂系统组件之间的通信和信息过程的变化，确定依赖关系，并将结果传递到一个模型和方法中，以评估和设计工厂的通信概念。模式和方法应能够设计有效的传播概念，从而支持维持和加强创新能力，作为高工资国家德国的竞争优势。为此，初步开发了一个描述性模型。这包括行业4.0中的变革促进者、未来对通信和信息流程的要求以及系统组件之间的通信障碍，以及清除通信障碍的一般措施。在比较工业企业调查结果的基础上，对描述性模型进行了验证，并在必要时进行了调整。之后，对变革促进者之间的相互关系、要求和措施的假设进行了表述，并与工业企业一起进行了修正。随后，基于系统动力学的方法，在因果模型中传递已验证的相互关系。这有助于阐明基本假设和系统边界，识别(非线性和反直觉的)反馈回路，并解释复杂的因果链。将获得的知识转化为方法和应用工具。最后，在工业企业中对两者进行了评价。