Madsen / Berger / Møller The Future of Smart Production for SMEs

A Methodological and Practical Approach Towards Digitalization in SMEs
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-3-031-15428-7
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 440 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Engineering

This book explains and exemplifies how SMEs can embrace the Smart Production approach and technologies in order to gain a beneficiary outcome. The book describes the Smart Production vision for SMEs, as well as the method to get there. The concept behind the book is based on the long-term experience of the authors in researching and tackling problems of SMEs in the manufacturing sector. The book provides applied methods and obtained solutions in different branches and different sizes of SMEs, encompassing a broad survey of our markets and societies. The perspective is systemic/holistic and integrated including human, organizational, technological, and digital perspectives.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Madsen, Ole

Berger, Ulrich

Møller, Charles

Heidemann Lassen, Astrid

Vejrum Waehrens, Brian

Schou, Casper

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface and Introduction

·         Preface I (Dean of Faculty of Engineering and Science, AAU)

·         Preface II (Chairman of Laurits Andersen Fund)

·         Executive summary

·         Acknowledgements

·         About the authors

Authors: Ulrich, Ole, Charles, Brian, Astrid and Casper +invited authors

Part I Definition and Implementation of Smart Production

This Part in introduce the topics we cover in the book.

It contains three main chapters:

1.      The Vision of Smart Production

2.      The status of Smart Production implementations

3.      Challenges for SMEs

1.                The Vision of Smart Production

In this chapter we will define the concept and visions of smart production and smart factories.

·         Definition of Industry 4.0 and Smart Production

·         Motivation/Background

o   Technology push:

o   Marked pull

·         Evolutionary and revolutionary movements in industry.

o   Industry 4.0 (Germany)

o   Factory of the Futures (FoF) (EU)

o   Industrial Internet of Things (IIOT) (USA)

o   …

·         What´s “inside” (intro – more in following chapters)

2.                  The implementation status of Smart Production

Here we will give an evaluation of the status of smart production in industry. We will here rely on literature, findings from numerous study trips and statements from invited industrial and institutional stakeholders.

·         Result of literature study

·         Experience from maturity assessments:

o   Input from Fraunhofer

o   Experiences from DK

·         Findings from international study tours

·         Interview and statements (according to capacity and availability from 1 page testimonials up to 3 page essay form) from industrial companies (front runners (large companies)):

§  Siemens Gamesa, NOVO, Grundfos, LINAK, Daimler ???

·         TODO: Define what we need here: structured case studies

o   Motivation: Why did you engage in Smart production

o   Strategic agenda: What have you done in the previous years

o   1-2 examples

o   Your findings: What was the motivation, methodology, road map, result, failures…

o   Plans: Where are you now, and what will you do the next 3-4 years

3.                Challenges for SMEs

We outline the challenges of SMEs and highlight how we in the following chapter will provide tools for SMEs

·         Challenge for SMEs

o   Literature study

·         Practical examples

·         Important challenges:

o   Interdisciplinary approach needed

o   Awareness of the technology components (more in the chapter on enabling technologies)

o   Competences (what is needed and how do train) (more in section on competences)

o   Take up procedure (More in concept and methods for smarty production)

o   Difficult to quantify the effects of Smart production in advance.

Part II Facilitating the transformation in SMEs

4.                Smart Production Transfer centers

In this chapter we will argue that there is a need for “transfer centers and platforms” which can support the uptake of Smart Production.

We will investigate some of these, examining the approach used in the different centers. Colleagues from various center will provide input. E.g:

o   Fraunhofer institutes

o   ARENA2036, German federal funded Innovation Campus Automotive, Stuttgart,

o   German federal network of SME competence centers

o   Slawek, Poland

o   Uni Bergamo, Italy

o   Hermann Vermaak, South Africa

A closer look at the approach used at Aalborg University (AAU), and Brandenburg Technical University, Cottbus, Germany

5.                General Methodology

In this chapter we will address methodologies for increasing the take up of Smart Production (and digitalization in general).

A methodology will be presented which is particular focused on the needs of SMEs. The method is characterized by being adaptive and iterative leading to tailor made roadmaps, prototypes and solutions.

6.                Practical experiences with transformation in SMEs

This chapter contains descriptions of some practical examples from SMEs.

Part III Key Enablers

7.                Technologies

This section contains some practical examples of technology that goes into Smart Production (short descriptions + examples) (1-3 pages each)

·         IOT

·         AI-applications

·         AR/VR technologies

·         Machine learning

·         5G/Preben

·         Standards…

·         Collaborative robots

·         …

8.                Light weigh demonstrators

When working with SMEs it is important quickly to show practical demonstrators/examples. For this purpose a number of simple demonstrator kits has been developed (e.g for demonstrating IoT) . In this section we will investigate some of these and show how they can be used by SMEs to facilitate the transformation towards Smart Production.

Part IV Human Factors

Smart Production is not technology alone. The human factor is very important.

In this section we will address this issue. We will discuss which competences are needed and how learning and training  can be performed in the SMES

9.                Competences (learning and training) 10.           Sand box environments and learning factories

Part IV Perspectives

In this section we will address some of the trends within Smart Production and investigate how this might affect SMEs.

11.           SMART Sustainable Production

Green deal – next transformation ?

12.           Swarm Production 13.           5G and smart production

Part IV Conclusion

14.           Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Ole Madsen is Professor at the Department of Materials and Production at Aalborg University, Denmark, where he is Head of the research group on Robotics and Automation. He has more than 25 years of experience in industrial automation. He is Co-founder of the AAU Smart Production laboratory, and he has since 2016 been Laurids Andersen Professor with the focus on bringing Smart Production and Industry 4.0 to SMEs. His research interests include flexible robotics, reconfigurable manufacturing systems, and Industry 4.0.

Ulrich Berger is Full Professor, Chair of Automation Technology at Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg, Germany. Since 2016 he is Adjunct Professor Smart Production at Aalborg University. He has technical and scientific expertise in robotics, automation and Industry 4.0. He is the founder and Director of the SME Technology Transfer Center Modern Industry Brandenburg and General Manager of the German SME Competence Center Industry 4.0 Cottbus.
Charles Møller is Full Professor in Enterprise Systems and Process Innovation at the Center for Industrial Production (CIP), Department of Materials and Production, Aalborg University, Denmark. He is researching the interplay between operations and information systems in industry where the perspectives include both technology and management. His current research interest includes ERP/MES systems, IT/OT integration, development of digital supply chains, factories, and smart production. Charles Møller is currently engaged in the Danish platform: Manufacturing Academy of Denmark, (MADE) where he is Primary Investigator in Digital Supply Chains, Smart Factories, and Value Chain Execution and Optimization.

Astrid Heidemann Lassen is Associate Professor in Innovation Management at the Department of Materials and Production, Aalborg University, Denmark. She is Head of Section in Production and Vice Head of Department. Since 2015, she has been Honorary Visiting Professor at the Unit for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Her research focus is, in particular, on the process of developing organizational capabilities for innovation and digital transformation in the context of both established companies and knowledge intensive entrepreneurial ventures.

Brian Vejrum Wæhrens is Professorat the Center for Industrial Production (CIP), Department of Materials and Production, Aalborg University, Denmark. . His current research interests are digital and sustainable transformation of industry, studied as the effective integration of day-to-day operations across a dispersed operations network, and its link with strategic development initiatives within the company and at the supply chain level.

Casper Schou is Assistant Professor at the Department of Materials and Production, Aalborg University, Denmark. His main research areas and expertise are within smart factories, collaborative robotics, and recently swarm production. Since 2016, he is responsible for operation of the AAU Smart Production Lab and involved in numerous experiments and real-world tests