Logistics and supply chain management have undergone significant change due to technological changes in the recent years. The classic transport, handling and storage processes with a strict functional orientation have been ...

The Digital Twin (DT), including its sub-categories Digital Model (DM) and Digital Shadow (DS), is a promising concept in the context of Smart Manufacturing and Industry 4.0. With ongoing maturation of its fundamental ...

As Industry 4.0 infrastructures are seen as highly evolutionary environment with volatile, and time-dependent workloads for analytical tasks, particularly the optimal dimensioning of IT hardware is a challenge for decision ...

This cumulative dissertation describes research on digital transformation, business analytics, and research methods in information systems research. Within the research methods section, a method for the assessment of ...

Originating in 2011, Industry 4.0 describes the digital revolution of industry and has since become a collective term for smart, mutable and data driven factories. During the last decade systemic and methodical solutions ...

Data storage is one of indispensable technical assets defined in a frame work of Industry 4.0. Among many data storage technologies, inherent magnetic data storage on surfaces of technical components is promising, especially ...

The production plant design process consists of a multitude of individual engineering disciplines, which rely on a variety of digital models. The individual tasks build up on each other, while each discipline consumes ...

For contract or make to order manufacturers, quotation costing is a complex process that is mainly performed based on experience. Due to the high diversity of the product range of these mostly small or medium-sized companies ...

Over the past six decades, many companies have discovered the potential of computer-controlled systems in the manufacturing industry. Overall, digitization can be identified as one of the main drivers of cost reduction in ...

The agricultural industry is facing unprecedented challenges in meeting the growing demand for food while minimizing its impact on the environment. To address these challenges, the industry is embracing technological ...