Holarchy for Line-less Mobile Assembly Systems Operation in the Context of the Internet of Production
Abstract
Assembly systems must provide maximum flexibility qualified by organization and technology to offer cost-compliant performance features to differentiate themselves from competitors in buyers’ markets. By mobilization of multipurpose resources and dynamic planning, Line-less Mobile Assembly Systems (LMASs) offer organizational reconfigurability. By proposing a holarchy to combine LMASs with the concept of an Internet of Production (IoP), we enable LMASs to source valuable information from cross-level production networks, physical resources, software nodes, and data stores that are interconnected in an IoP. The presented holarchy provides a concept of how to address future challenges, meet the requirements of shorter lead times, and unique lifecycle support. The paper suggests an application of decision making, distributed sensor services, recommender-based data reduction, and in-network computing while considering safety and human usability alike.
Armin F. Buckhorst
Benjamin Montavon
Dominik Wolfschläger
Melanie Buchsbaum
Amir Shahidi
Henning Petruck
Ike Kunze, M.Sc.
Researcher
Dr. rer. nat. Jan Pennekamp
Postdoctoral Researcher
Christian Brecher
Mathias Hüsing
Burkhard Corves
Verena Nitsch
Klaus Wehrle
Head of Group