Manufacturing

The European Funding Project FENIX connects different pilot regions and transport corridors, to do so the project relies on the know-how of T-Systems.

The FAZ has received a new draft law for the sovereign handling and exchange of industrial data within the EU (“Data Governance Act”, link to FAZ article).

HERE is a leading provider of mapping and location data and related services to individuals and companies covering sectors such as Automotive, Public Sector & Infrastructure, Transportation & Logistics.

In Industry 4.0, Germany has a globally recognized brand. Many countries have defined strategies for orienting production to German standards.

The value chain of production in German industry is made up of many different individual segments. For example, a component supplier produces a wide variety of goods, which are then sold to many different machine suppliers. These suppliers manufacture machines that are later used in production. If one imagines the production chains in industry, they resemble a puzzle to whose different parts only individual actors have access and which produces diverse types of data.

In beverage production, all parties involved are interdependent. For example, a farmer who grows apples and wants to sell them as juice is dependent on the bottle manufacturer and a juice bottler.

A wide variety of materials are used in production. In order to minimize storage times and costs, the materials must be “just-in-time”; – at the right time – in the right place.

Meta research reveals that industry observers, consultants, and investment bankers agree: The auto industry is caught up in a shift away from the traditional business of selling vehicles & parts – or hardware – to providing mobility centric services (meta research conducted by Drucker Customer Lab). The figure depicts how a new business segment – services – is emerging.

Are digital twins already used in industry today? More a vision or maybe a reality? The application nowadays takes place in subareas, such as production. The digital twin of a production plant offers advantages over the entire life cycle of a factory – from planning and construction to conversion of production.