Lean Production Systems for Industry 4.0 - smartLPS

工业4.0导致了过程控制的范式转变：在未来，单个工件通过与制造系统的各种元素通信并在工厂内自主导航来决定其单独的生产过程。为了实现这一场景，工厂正在进行一些发展（例如物联网、移动计算、大数据）。这些发展的实施需要各种信息和通信技术。在这方面，大多数研究活动都集中在技术方面。只有少数项目在工业4.0的背景下解决智能工作和组织概念。特别是，工业4.0对精益生产系统（LPS）的影响在工业中广泛建立，但尚未全面研究。以下基本研究问题是主要的兴趣：工业4.0和LPS之间可以预期哪些影响和相互作用，以及如何在工业4.0的背景下配置LPS ？因此，拟议研究项目的目的是探讨LPS在工业4.0背景下的意义。首先，基于四种具有代表性的生产场景，分析LPS与工业4.0的相互影响。这将决定工业4.0的信息和通信技术如何以及在多大程度上影响LPS的方法和工具。基于确定的相互作用，将开发工业4.0的LPS （smartLPS）。smartLPS由类似于现有LPS结构的原理、方法和工具组成。重点放在smartLPS方法工具箱的探索上。smartLPS的方法包括在工业4.0背景下仍然有效的既定方法，以及工业4.0信息和通信技术在更高程度上支持的方法（例如，基于质量控制图的机床自主控制，以支持LPS方法统计过程控制）。随后，开发了一种设计智能lps的方法。该方法描述了根据每家公司各自的目标选择和组合smartLPS方法和工具。最后，对研究结果进行了回顾、评价，并根据四种生产情景进行了必要的调整。从该项目中获得的知识将使制造公司能够结合并利用工业4.0和LPS两者的潜力。值得注意的是，两种方法相互作用所产生的潜力是主要的兴趣。

Industry 4.0 leads to a paradigm shift in process control: In future, the single work piece determines its individual production process by communicating with the various elements of the manufacturing system and navigating autonomously within the factory. Several developments are taking place in factories in order to implement this scenario (e.g. Internet of Things, Mobile Computing, Big Data). The implementation of these developments requires various information and communication technologies. In this context, most research activities have been focused on technological aspects. Only few projects are addressing intelligent work and organizational concepts in the context of industry 4.0. In particular, the effect of industry 4.0 on lean production systems (LPS) which are widely established in industry is not yet comprehensively investigated. The following basic research questions are of major interest: Which effects and interactions between industry 4.0 and LPS can be expected and how should a LPS be configured in the context of industry 4.0? Thus, the objective of the proposed research project is to explore the significance of LPS in the context of industry 4.0. First, mutual impacts of LPS and industry 4.0 based on four representative production scenarios will be analyzed. It will be determined how and to what extent the information and communication technologies of industry 4.0 influences the methods and tools of LPS. Based on the identified interactions, an LPS for industry 4.0 (smartLPS) will be developed. The smartLPS consists of principles, methods and tools analogous to the structure of existing LPS. The emphasis is placed on the exploration of a toolbox of methods for the smartLPS. Methods of the smartLPS include established methods which are still effective in the context of industry 4.0 as well as methods which are supported by the information and communication technologies of industry 4.0 to a higher extend (e.g. autonomous control of machine tools based on Quality Control Charts to support the LPS method statistical process control). Subsequently, a methodology of designing a smartLPS is developed. This methodology describes the selection and combination of smartLPS methods and tools according to the respective aims of each company. Finally, the research results are reviewed, evaluated and if necessary adjusted based on the four production scenarios. The knowledge gained from this project will enable manufacturing companies to combine and take advantage of the potentials of both: industry 4.0 and LPS. Notably, the potential which arises from the interaction of both approaches is of main interest.