Meeting Industrie 4.0 Challenges with S-BPM

Abstract

Industrie 4.0 challenges machines and stakeholders to get connected as a collaborative community. In the beginning, this paper will introduce Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) as well as Industrie 4.0 and will outline the underlying characteristics. Technical concepts and standards provided by the Industrie 4.0 Platform (RAMI 4.0, Industrie 4.0 Component, Administration Shell) will be presented and illuminated. Subsequently, the shortcomings of these concepts and the need for research that has been identified will be discussed. A framework for industrial value networks which supports horizontal and vertical integration in Industrie 4.0 and which is based on the S-BMP method is supposed to be a solution for overcoming to days shortcomings. In conclusion, the paper will address major design challenges when it comes to transforming production systems into informed decision-making bodies in a subject-oriented way and will give an outlook to a scheduled research project.