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Digital Integration in Individualized Production

Digital Integration in Individualized Production

Harmonizing Complex Production and Logistics Processes Using Mobile Apps
Sven Winkelhaus, Eric Grosse ORCID Icon, Michael Bauer
The paradigm shift towards a customer focused mass customization in Industry 4.0 and corresponding Logistics 4.0 requires technical solutions to make these approaches economically viable. When human workers on the shopfloor are faced with these technologies, however, they can be the source of fear and resistance. Applications for mobile devices are a user-friendly component of a digitization strategy in this light. A real life example from the printing industry is highlighting how apps can be used to save money, improve process reliability and increase worker satisfaction at the same time.
Industrie 4.0 Management | Volume 36 | 2020 | Edition 4 | Pages 55-58 | DOI 10.30844/I40M_20-4_S55-58
Virtual Worlds – Data Glasses in Intralogistics

Virtual Worlds - Data Glasses in Intralogistics

Benedikt Mättig, Jana Jost, Thomas Kirks
The core task of logistics can be described by the so-called “seven R”. IT means that the right product must be available in the right condition at the right time and at the right place. In addition, further key factors of a well-functioning logistics system are the right quantity, the right costs and the right information. Providing right or incorrect information at the wrong time can have a significant repercussion on the entire process. In particular, the human being who is the recipient of the information has the demanding task of correctly select and interpret it. Therefore, the human-machine interface plays a decisive role in the communication success between human employees and the digital systems surrounding the human at work. On that account, new user interfaces that do not burden people and provide information in a way that it can be perceived intuitively are needed in the future. This is where data glasses come into play.
Industrie 4.0 Management | Volume 34 | 2018 | Edition 3 | Pages 59-62
Protecting Analogue Goods by Digital Watermarking

Protecting Analogue Goods by Digital Watermarking

Martin Steinebach, Huajian Liu
Digital watermarking has been developed for copyright protection and fighting piracy in the domain of digital media. Due to recent improvements regarding watermarking robustness against printing of images or analogue distribution of audio and video, also the protection of common, non-virtual goods has been enabled. Information can transparently be linked with the goods, providing a protective layer hard to forge or to remove. We discuss recent developments in the area of image watermarking and introduce an algorithm suitable for printing and scanning of packages. Additionally we show typical challenges and solutions for image watermarking caused by typical analogue transformations of marked content.
Industrie Management | Volume 24 | 2008 | Edition 6 | Pages 55-58