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Digital Twins for Production and Logistics Systems

Digital Twins for Production and Logistics Systems

Challenges and focus areas in implementation and use
Deike Gliem ORCID Icon, Nicolas Wittine ORCID Icon, Sigrid Wenzel ORCID Icon
For a successful implementation as well as sustainable use and maintenance of digital twins for production and logistics systems, it is necessary to identify relevant use cases and master the associated challenges. This paper analyzes scientific literature on common applications and challenges in the implementation of digital twins for the planning and operation of production and logistics systems. To confirm the practical relevance of the results, the results of an empirical survey have also been included. The findings are used to derive key focus areas for the successful implementation and long-term use of digital twins in production and logistics.
Industry 4.0 Science | Volume 41 | 2025 | Edition 3 | Pages 42-49 | DOI 10.30844/I4SE.25.3.42
Circular Economy in Global Value-Added Networks

Circular Economy in Global Value-Added Networks

Analysis of Current Challenges for Industrial Implementation of Circular Economy
Felix Klenk, Benjamin Häfner, Gisela Lanza ORCID Icon, Markus Wagner
The aim of circular economy is to return a used product to the product and production life cycle several times in a value-adding way. This article presents the current industrial practice for a successful circular economy and the associated potentials, based on a definition of circular economy and its principles. Afterwards, existing challenges of the circular economy are analyzed. The article intends to support decision-makers in recognizing the advantages of circular economy and to tackle challenges for a successful introduction at an early stage.
Industrie 4.0 Management | Volume 35 | 2019 | Edition 6 | Pages 29-32 | DOI 10.30844/I40M_19-6_S25-28
Industry 4.0 Platforms from the Perspective of SMEs

Industry 4.0 Platforms from the Perspective of SMEs

How to tackle managerial challenges
Julian M. Müller, Johannes W. Veile, Kai-Ingo Voigt
Digitalen Plattformen im Kontext von Industrie 4.0 werden zahlreiche Potenziale zugeschrieben. Allerdings birgt deren Implementierung und Nutzung einige Herausforderungen, insbesondere für kleine und mittlere Unternehmen. Der vorliegende Beitrag untersucht die Herausforderungen durch digitale Plattformen mithilfe von qualitativ-empirischen Interviews von 83 Experten aus mittelständischen deutschen Industrieunternehmen. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass unter anderem Herausforderungen in Bezug auf Vertrauen, Konkurrenzdenken und Koordinationsaufwand existieren. Aus den Ergebnissen können strategische Handlungsempfehlungen abgeleitet werden, wie mittelständische Unternehmen den Herausforderungen begegnen können, um die Potenziale von digitalen Plattformen zu heben.
Industrie 4.0 Management | Volume 35 | 2019 | Edition 3 | Pages 63-66
Self-organizing Map – A New Approach for Production Control

Self-organizing Map - A New Approach for Production Control

Kai Pohlmeyer
Outsourcing is one of the biggest global trends in the biopharmaceutical industry. It is taking more and more specific know-how to master the challenges posed by manufacturing of biologics. This includes rising prices and the need for cost reduction as well as the absolute necessity for flexibility and at least the ever shifting and in most cases increasing regulatory issues for biomanufacturing. This contribution provides a brief overview of trends and future challenges in biomanufacturing and how a contract manufacturing organisation with many years of experience positioning itself to tackle these challenges.
Industrie Management | Volume 29 | 2013 | Edition 6 | Pages 41-43