Flexible connection of product and manufacturing worlds: concept, approach and implementation

Abstract

The paper shortly introduces the current challenges of orchestrating / harmonizing the two worlds of product and factory engineering. This represents the basis for conceiving our approach and solution for the forwarding of data changes between the heterogeneous and autonomous ICT applications supporting the product design and factory planning and adaptation. Our solution, the "Change Propagation Manager 2.0" is presented through an architecture overview, implementation details and a validation scenario for the shoe industry.