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Smart Process Communication for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

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Enterprise Interoperability VIII

Part of the book series: Proceedings of the I-ESA Conferences ((IESACONF,volume 9))

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The transformation process towards new industrial paradigms in the course of I4.0 places new demands on interoperable communication. Entities as part of cyber-physical production systems are required to interact autonomously with their environment. This can constitute a challenge for small- and medium-sized companies, since adapting existing manufacturing structures to the needs of I4.0 often involves major obstacles due to the high degree of innovation. Thus, the objective of this paper is to suggest approaches for the application of smart communication solutions to connect entities within the fully connected value network and show how components and be classified upon two criteria in order to determine whether these fulfil requirements on I4.0 applications. Especially, it provides an overview of the most forward-looking communication protocols that allow the share of information from the field level up to cloud applications and across company boundaries.

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  1. Technische Hochschule Wildau, Hochschulring 1, 15745, Wildau, Germany

    R. van de Sand, S. Schulz & J. Reiff-Stephan

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  1. Future Manufacturing Applied Research Centre, Coventry University, Coventry, UK

    Keith Popplewell

  2. BIBA, Universität Bremen, Bremen, Germany

    Klaus-Dieter Thoben

  3. Business Process and Factory Management, Fraunhofer IPK, Berlin, Germany

    Thomas Knothe

  4. Higher Polytechnic School of Alcoy, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Alcoy, Alicante, Spain

    Raúl Poler

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van de Sand, R., Schulz, S., Reiff-Stephan, J. (2019). Smart Process Communication for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises. In: Popplewell, K., Thoben, KD., Knothe, T., Poler, R. (eds) Enterprise Interoperability VIII. Proceedings of the I-ESA Conferences, vol 9. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13693-2_34

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