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With Strength from the Crisis

With Strength from the Crisis

Katrin Seidel
As early as 1997, Christian Lindner, now Germany's Minister of Finance, knew that crises and problems are "also just thorny opportunities. What at the time seemed more like a rhetorical, flowery battle cry from a brash young entrepreneur is, in essence, still a resilient, psychological fact today. Shocking strokes of fate or other drastic experiences often literally pull the rug out from under people - and change their perspective on their own lives. However, this forced change of perspective can also be a real opportunity for change for the better, if one has learned to deal with crises and to recognize and seize the opportunities hidden in them.
Industrie 4.0 Management | Volume 38 | 2022 | Edition 4 | Pages 64-66
Custom-Fit Shoes Using 3D Printing

Custom-Fit Shoes Using 3D Printing

Deep Learning Supports Defect Detection in Mass Customization
Markus Trapp, Markus Kreutz, Alexander Böttjer, Michael Lütjen ORCID Icon, Michael Freitag ORCID Icon
3D printing has established itself as a production process and has also found its way into the fashion industry. Individualised shoes can be 3D printed, but this poses significant challenges for automated quality control, as defects are rare. Autoencoders enable to train a system with defect-free data so that detected deviations from this state can be evaluated as defects. Our research shows a ROC AUC score of 0.87, proving that this method is suitable for anomaly detection in 3D-printed shoes.
Industrie 4.0 Management | Volume 38 | 2022 | Edition 4 | Pages 15-18
Technology Acceptance of Robotic Process Automation (RPA)

Technology Acceptance of Robotic Process Automation (RPA)

Jonas Geist, Jörg von Garrel
This article aims to develop a model for the acceptance of RPA technologies based on the presentation of the state-of-the-art. The model is the basis of an empirical study on the acceptance of robot-assisted process automation (RPA) at a global technology company. The results of this study are presented in a corresponding publication "An Empirical Analysis of Technology Acceptance of Robotic Process Automation (RPA) (Part 2)".
Industrie 4.0 Management | Volume 38 | 2022 | Edition 4 | Pages 43-47
Key Factors for Successful Supply Chain Management

Key Factors for Successful Supply Chain Management

Sebastian Trojahn, Vanessa Klementzki
Today's business world is characterized by ever-increasing complexity in nearly every dimension. Supply chains can no longer be understood in a linear fashion, but form networks across numerous supply chain participants. Globalization and crises are straining existing structures, calling into question previously set priorities and measures, and demanding new solutions. How must supply chains be structured in this constantly changing environment in order to be successful? This article highlights fields of action for successful supply chain management.
Industrie 4.0 Management | Volume 38 | 2022 | Edition 3 | Pages 48-52 | DOI 10.30844/I40M_22-3_48-52
Supply Chain Finance in the Digital Age

Supply Chain Finance in the Digital Age

Current Approaches and Opportunities Inherent to Digital Ledger Technologies
David Wuttke, Sairam Sriraman
In this article, we discuss the opportunities of digtal supply chains from a supply chain nance perspective. In doing so, we rst highlight the importance of supply chain finance at times of global supply shortages. Then, we explain why digital platforms are necessary in this context and what challenges their introduction entails. Finally, we provide an outlook towards distributed ledger technology and blockchain.
Industrie 4.0 Management | Volume 38 | 2022 | Edition 3 | Pages 41-44
Additive Manufacturing Value Chain

Additive Manufacturing Value Chain

Development of an SME-specific value chain of additively manufactured final metal parts
Tim Niklas Mai, Martin Brylowski, Ayman Nagi, Wolfgang Kersten ORCID Icon
Additive manufacturing processes are becoming increasingly important in industry and enable the cost-e ective production of complex components in small quantities. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in particular can bene t from the high customization potential enabling the development of new business models. However, the widespread use of additive processes faces high production costs and technological challenges. Meanwhile, scienti c research focuses on the optimization of individual process steps of additive manufacturing and does not o er su cient support for SMEs. Therefore, this paper deals with the development of a cross-process value chain of additive manufacturing for SMEs. Based on a systematic analysis of scienti c literature, relevant additive manufacturing processes were investigated, and a cross-process value chain was derived. The results were veri ed by expert interviews and central research and development requirements were extracted.
Industrie 4.0 Management | Volume 38 | 2022 | Edition 3 | Pages 25-30 | DOI 10.30844/I40M_22-3_25-30
Capabilities of 5G for the Intralogistics of the Future

Capabilities of 5G for the Intralogistics of the Future

Julius Burghardt, Lukas Höhn, Dieter Uckelmann ORCID Icon
The use of 5G technology o ers many companies enormous opportunities regarding their efforts to optimize processes. In particular, the intralogistics of a smart factory could bene t signi cantly from the use of 5G. The position of diverse mobile units can be determined precisely. Applications such as the control of Automated Guided Vehicles (AGV ) or the precise localization of material come into consideration. If the potential of 5G technology can be fully utilized and integrated into the structure of intralogistics, production processes could be revolutionized.
Industrie 4.0 Management | Volume 38 | 2022 | Edition 3 | Pages 57-60 | DOI 10.30844/IM_22-3_57-60
Digitale Zertfikatsverwaltung

Digitale Zertfikatsverwaltung

Anja Wilde
The Act on the Protection of Human Rights in Global Supply Chains (Supply Chain Act), which will apply from 1 January 2023, pursues the goal of tracing production and working conditions that violate human rights as well as the protection of the environment in the value creation networks. To act when grievances are identi ed, information on production and working conditions must be available transparently across supply networks. However, this goal is only possible with a digital and e cient exchange of information. The question is therefore how and under what framework conditions this exchange of information can succeed.
Industrie 4.0 Management | Volume 38 | 2022 | Edition 3 | Pages 45-47
Digitalisation of an Espresso Machine

Digitalisation of an Espresso Machine

Use of the MQTT protocol
Andreas Braun, Peter Preuss
The article investigates whether a standard portafilter espresso machine can be made IoT-capable with the help of sensors and small microcontrollers and what added value the communication protocol Message Queue Telemetry Transport Protocol (MQTT) provides.
Industrie 4.0 Management | Volume 38 | 2022 | Edition 3 | Pages 53-56
Digitization in Supply Chain Management −Decision Support for the Selection of Suitable Technologies

Digitization in Supply Chain Management −Decision Support for the Selection of Suitable Technologies

Entscheidungsunterstützung bei der Auswahl geeigneter Technologien
Sascha Düerkop, Jakob Grubmüller, Michael Huth
The trend toward digitization o ers considerable potential; this is particularly true in supply chain management (SCM). However, not every technology is suitable for every company and its processes. This article presents a structured approach that supports companies in the selection process. The approach consists of several phases: Starting with the identi cation of business goals and ending with the selection of those technologies that seem most promising. Its applicability was tested in a research project at a logistics service provider. It is easily transferable to a concrete decision-making situation.
Industrie 4.0 Management | Volume 38 | 2022 | Edition 3 | Pages 31-34
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