The future factory initiative at SAP research

Factory automation and production are currently undergoing massive changes, and 5G is considered being a key enabler. In this paper, we state uses cases for using 5G in the factory of the future, which are motivated by actual needs of the industry ...

Digital factory is a new technology to construct a virtual plant framework to integrate manufacturing process planning with manufacturing execution. Object-Oriented technology is introduced to simulate complicated discrete production system. And a ...

Despite the considerable attention being placed on the potential payoff's from programmable manufacturing technologies, remarkably little systematic research has been conducted on organizational plans, decisions, and associated actions. The 1982‐...