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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
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
Green Fuels in Maritime Shipping

Green Fuels in Maritime Shipping

Heating, electric power supply and ship propulsion with hydrogen and LNG fuels
Carsten Fichter, Uwe Werner
In current times, heavier fuels such as oil and diesel are generally used to power merchant and passenger ships alike. International and national regulations are likely to increase pressure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions of sulfur and nitrogen oxide, carbon dioxide, and fine dust pollution within the global maritime shipping industry. Green fuels are one possible solution for emission reduction. Therefore, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) create the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL), Annex VI of which enables the enforcement of designated (sulfur) emission control areas (ECAs or SECAs). Current research shows that hydrogen and LNG fuels can be safely operated and used to supply electric generating systems and drive systems. Today, cruise ships are often constructed with LNG main propulsion engines. Conventional hydrogen and LNG fuels are not CO2 free. However, green hydrogen, green ammonia and green LNG are based on ...
Industrie 4.0 Management | Volume 38 | 2022 | Edition 3 | Pages 61-65 | DOI 10.30844/I40M_22-3_61-65
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
MES for Manufacturing SMEs

MES for Manufacturing SMEs

Adapted procedure model and tool for an effcient selection
Rainer Eber, Steffen Schwarzer, Daniel Miller
Manufacturing SMEs are structurally di erent from other companies and therefore have special requirments for Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) and the associated software selection. Process models must therefore be adapted. For the identication of requirements, a systematic categorization based on existing models was performed. With the help of an existing market research platform, further selection steps were developed in order to provide a useful and easy-to-use tool for SMEs, which enables them to select efficiently sufficient MES-software according to their needs.
Industrie 4.0 Management | Volume 38 | 2022 | Edition 3 | Pages 21-24
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
Design workplace-based competence development

Design workplace-based competence development

Criteria for using digital assistance systems in workplace-based competence development
Wilhelm Bauer, Maike Link, Walter Ganz
An important element for companies to deal with the demands of the world of work is the continuous and needs-specific further training of employees. The possibility of learning close to the workplace has a major role to play here.
Industrie 4.0 Management | Volume 38 | 2022 | Edition 2 | Pages 28-32
Digital Assistance and Learning Systems

Digital Assistance and Learning Systems

Design of Systems for Manual Assembly Conducive to Learning
Tina Haase, Dirk Berndt, Wilhelm Termath, Michael Dick
The authors present a methodological approach for designing assistance systems conducive to learning and derive requirements for their design. They base the design of these systems on a fundamental understanding of the cooperation between humans and machines, which still places decisions and responsibility with humans. Finally, the authors show concrete requirements and measures of a participatory design and implementation process.
Industrie 4.0 Management | Volume 38 | 2022 | Edition 2 | Pages 19-22
Collaborative Approaches to Competence Development

Collaborative Approaches to Competence Development

IT-supported approaches for self-organized learning paths
Heiko Matheis ORCID Icon, Meike Tilebein ORCID Icon
The ongoing digital transformation is changing work and production environments of companies. In addition, a demand-oriented development and efficient use of employee skills are becoming ever more important for success. Thus, there is a need for new decentralized and situationally adaptable solutions that enable self-organized learning paths and informal competence development. This paper presents challenges of collaborative competence development and solutions for IT-supported self-organized learning paths at different organizational levels and shows project examples from the textile industry.
Industrie 4.0 Management | Volume 38 | 2022 | Edition 2 | Pages 37-40
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