Digitalisierung

Digitize Delivery Processes with 0G Network and Blockchains

Digitize Delivery Processes with 0G Network and Blockchains

Digitize delivery processes and monetize them automatically
Aurelius Wosylus
Solutions to increase the efficiency of industrial supply chains, such as vendor managed inventory or Kanban, are not new. But thanks to technologies such as the 0G network from Sigfox and blockchains, it is becoming ever easier to digitize these strategies and to add automatic delivery confirmations, invoicing and collection in one go. The cost of immutable digital twins is becoming more and more affordable.
Industrie 4.0 Management | Volume 36 | 2020 | Edition 1 | Pages 53-56
Sustainability Effects of Industry 4.0

Sustainability Effects of Industry 4.0

Ökonomische, ökologische und soziale Aspekte
Marion Steven
Profit is a necessary, but not sufficient condition for long-term business success. Global problems such as climate change, depletion of natural resources and overpopulation, but also local environmental pollution and emphasis on social aspects increase the significance of sustainability for enterprises. Sustainability is already implemented in the guiding principles of all DAX 30 enterprises and accepted as maxim of action by 90 % of Fortune 500 enterprises [1]. Starting from a definition of sustainability, the subsequent contribution discusses sustainability effects of industry 4.0 concerning the economic, ecologic, and social dimension [2].
Industrie 4.0 Management | Volume 35 | 2019 | Edition 6 | Pages 11-15
Digitalization, Globalization and Sustainable Development

Digitalization, Globalization and Sustainable Development

Application to digital manufacturing
Ortwin Renn
In light of the three major global transformations of globalization, digitalization and sustainabilization industrial production faces new challenges and targets. On the one hand industrial modernization in the direction of digital manufacturing (Industry 4.0) has to cope with the new protectionist policies that have started in the United States as a countermovement to globalization. On the other hand, the new vocal demand for climate protection and environmental quality assurance puts pressure on the industry to align its policies with the demand for ecological modernization. It is essential that industrial policy makers include not only efficiency goals as targets for their investment plans but also environmental quality and social compatibility. Keywords:
Industrie 4.0 Management | Volume 35 | 2019 | Edition 6 | Pages 21-23
Digitalization: The Labour Market Changes

Digitalization: The Labour Market Changes

Enzo Weber
Public discussions on the future of labour in the era of digitalization are dominated by notions of self-driving cars, factories without workers or fully automatic logistics. This creates fears of mass destruction of jobs and shrinking employment rates in the future. At the same time, it has led to intense debates on an unconditional basic income: While productivity would rise, a substantial drop in the number of jobs would question the income distribution mechanism our working societies are currently built on. This article argues that while replacement of existing jobs - or at least tasks - by technology will happen and has always happened, this is only one side of the coin. The future of labour markets will be more complex. This is discussed in a macroeconomic, firm and international dimension.
Industrie 4.0 Management | Volume 35 | 2019 | Edition 6 | Pages 62-66 | DOI 10.30844/I40M_19-6_62-66
Smart Objects – A Smart Alternative to Isolated Applications

Smart Objects - A Smart Alternative to Isolated Applications

von der Planung bis zum Betrieb
Timur Ripke, Sven Kägebein
Media disruption interferes with consistent and universal digitalization. Data is easily lost, time and resources wasted. Heterogeneous and isolated applications produce partial relief; however they fail to integrate redundant information from separately operated systems into a homogeneously processible data mass. The employment of a centralized data hub proposes a strategy to effectively advance digitalization in process management, connecting scheduling of involved parties, defect tracking and progress processes. It also automatizes reportings on project progress.
Industrie 4.0 Management | Volume 35 | 2019 | Edition 5 | Pages 21-24 | DOI 10.30844/I40M_19-5_S21-24
Managing Digital Transformation

Managing Digital Transformation

Wie Unternehmen die digitale Transformation strukturiert meistern
Roman Dumitrescu ORCID Icon, André Lipsmeier, Thorsten Westermann, Arno Kühn
Digitalization is a strategic core issue that has to be anchored in the strategy of every company. The challenge in this context is that there is no uniform pattern for the digital transformation of a company. Instead, each company has to develop its own company-specific plan how it will position itself in the context of digitalization. Furthermore, the development of an individual digitalization strategy is required. The following article presents a planning approach for the development of such a digitalization strategy, based on three major steps.
Industrie 4.0 Management | Volume 35 | 2019 | Edition 4 | Pages 55-58 | DOI 10.30844/I40M_19-4_S55-58
Digitalization Increases the Competitiveness of the Wind Industry

Digitalization Increases the Competitiveness of the Wind Industry

Horst Wildemann
The phase-out of nuclear energy decided by the politicians and the goal of significantly aligning the energy mix with renewable energies will give the industry great growth potential. Digitalization and the resulting technologies, such as sensors, robotics and assistance systems, artificial intelligence, virtual reality and augmented reality, are helping companies realise their potential. The study “Industrialization of the Wind Industry” by the Technical University of Munich has shown that digitalization will have a positive effect on the “Levelized Cost of Energy” (LCOE).
Industrie 4.0 Management | Volume 35 | 2019 | Edition 4 | Pages 63-65
Virtual Production

Virtual Production

A study on the use of digitalization in the manufacturing industry with focus on AR
Axel Wellendorf, Felix Kottenbrock, Sebastian Trampnau
In times of increasing globalization, international capital and consumer markets get more and more dynamic. To remain competitive, companies have to respond to new requirements and move away from traditional manufacturing concepts. Digitalization offers different technologies and methods to provide a remedy. The following article describes the status quo, as well as future possibilities of Virtual Production with a particular focus on Augmented Reality in the production environment. It gives a comprehensive overview of the current market situation and facilitates strategic investment decisions.
Industrie 4.0 Management | Volume 35 | 2019 | Edition 4 | Pages 25-29
Agility as Consequence or Prerequisite of Digitization?

Agility as Consequence or Prerequisite of Digitization?

Dominic Lindner, Michael Amberg
Companies have always been in a constant state of change. This change is today closely linked to the buzzword’s “digitization” and “agility”. Agile methods, especially in complex projects, can pave the way for targeted digitization and, on the other hand, provide a more agile way of working for digital technologies. Through group discussions with managers from small and medium-sized IT companies, this article focuses on the question of whether agility is the precondition or consequence of targeted digitization. This article is aimed at decision-makers from SMEs who want to increase the degree of agility in the company in the context of increasing digitization.
Industrie 4.0 Management | Volume 35 | 2019 | Edition 4 | Pages 30-34 | DOI 10.30844/I40M_19-4_S30-34
Economic Effectiveness Assessment in Context of CPPS

Economic Effectiveness Assessment in Context of CPPS

Entwicklung eines ganzheitlichen Ansatzes zur Wirtschaftlichkeitsbewertung mittels Betrachtung von Interdependenzen
Thom Wienbruch, Stefan Leineweber, Simon Fahle, Bernd Kuhlenkötter ORCID Icon
The article presents an approach which supports the assessment of the economic effectiveness of measures during the development towards CPPS through a holistic simulation approach. This is based on the mapping of the various interdependencies between the dimensions technology, organisation and personnel according to the socio-technical approach. From the validation of the approach conclusions for the further development of the concept are drawn.
Industrie 4.0 Management | Volume 35 | 2019 | Edition 4 | Pages 17-20
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