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Digitally Networked Business Models

Digitally Networked Business Models

Structured Benefit and Effort Estimation for Digital and Hybrid Business Model Innovation
Sebastian Beiner, Steffen Kinkel ORCID Icon, Dennis Richter
An essential component of digital value creation is the innovation of digitally networked business models. By networking different actors and service bundles, new customer value can be created. However, this networking leads to increased complexity, which makes it difficult for tradition- al industrial companies in particular to exploit these opportunities in a meaningful way. For this reason, a system is presented that reduces com- plexity through modelling and makes it possible to compare the effort and benefits of business model ideas at an early stage.
Industrie 4.0 Management | Volume 38 | 2022 | Edition 4 | Pages 28-32
Digitalization in the Supply Chain

Digitalization in the Supply Chain

Trends and fields of application in the drive technology sector of the mechanical and plant engineering industry
Leonard Overbeck, Dardan Baralija, Rainer Silbernagel, Hartmut Rauen, Jürgen Fleischer, Gisela Lanza ORCID Icon
A robust and resilient supply chain is a critical success factor for the competitiveness of manufacturing companies. However, today’s supply chain faces various challenges, such as higher complexities and increasing dynamics coming from megatrends (i. e. globalization and sustainability). The medium-sized drive technology industry, with its global supply chains and high customer requirements, is particularly affected by these challenges. Therefore, digitalization initiatives are crucial. This article analyzes current digitalization projects in the drive technology industry in order to identify relevant trends and fields of application. Synthesized from the industry's target picture for higher resilience/ flexibility, greater transparency and more sustainability along the supply chain, these provide guidance for medium-sized companies and their digitalization strategies. (Only in German)
Industrie 4.0 Management | Volume 38 | 2022 | Edition 4 | Pages 23-27
Disruptive Changes – Opportunities and Challenges

Disruptive Changes – Opportunities and Challenges

Interview with Dr. Detlef Gerst, German Metalworkers' Union, Frankfurt
Technology is disruptive when it leads to fundamentally new business models, products and production concepts. It is not just about the technology. Disruption only occurs when new technology is used in the context of a new business model or in fundamentally changed processes. Cyber-physical systems can be used disruptively. (Only in German)
Industrie 4.0 Management | Volume 38 | 2022 | Edition 4 | Pages 7-9
E-Commerce in the People’s Republic of China

E-Commerce in the People's Republic of China

A Market Opportunity for German Companies?
Yingying Ke, Martin Braun
Germany is the largest European trading partner of the People's Republic of China. The main exports are chemical products, machinery, motor vehicles and electrical engineering. However, German companies are finding it difficult to gain access to the Chinese B2C-market. E-commerce, which has been expanded in recent years, can enable German companies to enter the Chinese custom- er market. The article presents the situation of e-commerce in China and shows relevant support offers of the platform operators, which, however, can lead to economic dependency. For German companies, it seems advantageous to deal with the principles of success of Chinese e-commerce in order to implement them in their traditional markets.
Industrie 4.0 Management | Volume 38 | 2022 | Edition 4 | Pages 38-42
Influence of Digitalization on Blue-Collar Workers

Influence of Digitalization on Blue-Collar Workers

Christoph Glock, Eric Grosse ORCID Icon, Sven Winkelhaus
The introduction of new Industry 4.0 technologies is changing job characteristics in many manual industrial sectors, especially in production and logistics, through automation and digitization. Depending on the extent and degree of maturity, these changes are perceived differently by employees and can have both positive and negative effects on job satisfaction and motivation. This article uses the example of workplaces in in-house logistics to highlight how their characteristics change as a result of the introduction of Industry 4.0 technologies. It also presents a process model that can serve as a decision-making aid for companies to consider important implications for the successful transformation process and to pursue the human-centric design of manual, technically supported workplaces.
Industrie 4.0 Management | Volume 38 | 2022 | Edition 4 | Pages 53-56
Crowd Management Considering Pandemic Security

Crowd Management Considering Pandemic Security

Rahmenkonzept für einen sicheren Messebetrieb unter Berücksichtigung von geeigneten Abständen und Routenplanung
Ann-Kathrin Rohde, Birte Pupkes, Michael Lütjen ORCID Icon, Rafael Mortensen Ernits, Dennis Keiser, Michael Freitag ORCID Icon
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the additional challenges that events face in terms of appropriate crowd management. This paper is dedicated analyzing these challenges and existing approaches for the safe operation of events during pandemics. Based on this, an innovative framework is presented that uses intelligent crowd analysis and is applicable to an environment with volatile groups. In addition, the specifiv use case of trade fair events is considered in this framework.
Industrie 4.0 Management | Volume 38 | 2022 | Edition 4 | Pages 48-52
Intelligent Assistance System for Energy-Efficient Pump and Lock Control

Intelligent Assistance System for Energy-Efficient Pump and Lock Control

Innovative software systems for sustainable energy efficiency improvement in complex port facilities
Thimo Schindler, Arne Schuldt
Supported by an intelligent assistance system, the sustainability and digitalisation of the tideindependent Industriehafen Bremen can be increased. To guarantee port security, a constant level of the isolated harbour is essential. There is great potential for increasing energy efficiency if the lock naturally waters the harbour basin at times of high tide instead of employing a pump station. This contribution shows how artificial intelligence and innovative software systems were used to develop an assistance system to improve existing procedures without making extensive changes to the existing port infrastructure. (Only in German)
Industrie 4.0 Management | Volume 38 | 2022 | Edition 4 | Pages 57-61
Artificial Intelligence and Future of Work

Artificial Intelligence and Future of Work

Changes and Possible Approaches
Andreas Heindl, Alexander Mihatsch
Artificial intelligence (AI) is already an important part of business models and processes of many companies. In the future, AI systems will pro- foundly change our working environment. AI systems can develop completely new potential for companies in a wide variety of sectors and domains - especially in industry. Existing busi- ness models can be optimized along the value chain by optimizing production flows and processes or avoiding production downtimes with predictive maintenance. At the same time, AI systems can enable completely new business models and thus radically change existing mar- ket structures through new players. The AI economy of tomorrow will be more individual, more precise and more sustainable: Competitive value creation without AI will not be possible in many areas of industry.
Industrie 4.0 Management | Volume 38 | 2022 | Edition 4 | Pages 10-14
Effient Container Transport Processes Sup- ported by a Digital Platform

Effient Container Transport Processes Sup- ported by a Digital Platform

Unterstützung der Angebotserstellung und Auswahl von Transportdienstleistungen durch eine digitale Plattform
Michael Teucke, Eike Broda, Michael Freitag ORCID Icon
Maritime container transport is the backbone of international trade and supply and distribution processes in global manufacturing networks. However, digital support of container transportation related processes is still insu cient. This article shows how a digital platform can facilitate the digital interaction between industry and logistics stakeholders. Using the quotation process as an example, it describes how the platform can support transactions between shippers and transport service providers. Use of the digital platform increases process transparency, reduces duplication of work and reduces the time required to carry out the processes.
Industrie 4.0 Management | Volume 38 | 2022 | Edition 3 | Pages 11-15
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
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