{"id":4455,"date":"2017-06-08T14:21:31","date_gmt":"2017-06-08T12:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.productdevelopment.se\/?p=4455"},"modified":"2017-06-08T15:42:18","modified_gmt":"2017-06-08T13:42:18","slug":"shaping-the-research-agenda-for-service-engineering-in-the-era-of-industry-4-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.productdevelopment.se\/shaping-the-research-agenda-for-service-engineering-in-the-era-of-industry-4-0\/","title":{"rendered":"Shaping the research agenda for Service Engineering in the era of Industry 4.0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Industry 4.0 is commonly referred as the 4th<\/sup> Industrial Revolution. Automation and data exchange technologies will trigger profound changes for manufacturing and logistic organizations, and intelligent assistance will give new meaning to employees\u2019 work.<\/p>\n

Prof. Tobias Larsson and Marco Bertoni took part to the \u201cService Engineering in the era of Industry 4.0\u201d workshop organized by the IFIP Working Group 5.7<\/a> on Advances in production Management Systems.<\/p>\n

The workshop was organized by the CELS Research Group<\/a> and held at the University of Bergamo<\/a> in Italy, gathering more than 20 academics and practitioners from around the world. Its main objective was to develop a common understanding about the product-service ecosystem transformation in the Industry 4.0 era, to explore the existing gaps in practice and theory, and to identify future research paths.<\/p>\n

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Highly flexible handling solutions, safe cooperation between humans and robots in working cells, support for elderly workers, predictive maintenance: these are only few examples of how intelligent, context aware, and self-governed technologies can impact future production systems. More examples were provided by ABB, which presented its vision of Industry 4.0 and showcased ABB Ability\u2122<\/a>, an interoperable platform to bring together and fully exploit the potential of big data, connectivity, smart sensors and other new ICT technologies. As a concrete example, ABB Ability Marine Performance Optimization provides ship operators with a way to monitor and assess all available inputs on weather, wave height, course, speed, cargo and more, to determine the most efficient route to their destination.<\/p>\n

Results from the workshop will be collected in a white paper on the topic of \u201cService Engineering in the era of Industry 4.0\u201d, serving as reference point for future activities in the community.<\/p>\n

Useful links:<\/p>\n