An Application Map for Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems
The potential transformation cyber-physical systems can bring to a broad variety of domains is widely discussed in academia and industry. Despite the expected benefits in the industrial domain of further automatization of production processes and the poss
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1 An Introduction to Cyber-Physical Systems Cyber-physical systems are the foundation of many exciting visions and scenarios of the future: Self driving cars communicating with their surroundings, ambient assisted living for senior citizens who get automated assistance in case of medical emergencies and electricity generation and storage oriented at real time demand are just a few examples of the immense scope of application [11]. The mentioned examples show that cyber-physical systems are expected to have an impact in various domains such as: Mobility, healthcare, logistics, industrial production and further more. This comes along with noticeable change for citizens in their daily lives and routines on micro-, meso- as well as macro-level: • Individuals can profit from cyber-physical systems personally (micro-level), residing in smart homes and supported by ambient assisted living. The engineering of new service systems based on cyber-physical systems, bringing together tangible and intangible resources, enable new value propositions [4].
S.J. Oks (✉) ⋅ A. Fritzsche ⋅ K.M. Möslein Chair of Information Systems I, Innovation and Value Creation, Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Lange Gasse 20, 90403 Nuremberg, Germany e-mail: [email protected] A. Fritzsche e-mail: [email protected] K.M. Möslein e-mail: [email protected] K.M. Möslein Center for Leading Innovation and Cooperation (CLIC), HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management, Leipzig, Germany © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017 S. Jeschke et al. (eds.), Industrial Internet of Things, Springer Series in Wireless Technology, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-42559-7_2
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• Users benefit from the merge of physical status information and virtual data, like in the case of traffic estimator systems processing the location and travel speed of each system participant or other smart mobility applications (meso-level). • A significant expansion of industrial production, transport and supply effectiveness and efficiency completes the expected improvements (macro-level). This is the case, not just for national economies, but for the global economy, too. The domain of the value creation based on cyber-physical systems is especially to emphasize in the industrial context; the effects on micro-, meso-, as well as macro-level exist ranging from benefits for each individual of the value creation process to entire economies. With the implementation of industrial cyber-physical systems in factories and other industrial application areas, major potentials for improvement in terms of efficiency, process organization and work design are expected. The industrial value creation is believed to proceed with a reduction of required time and costs while the quality of products and services as well as the user benefits increase [1]. This chapter wants to give orientation to practitioners and researchers about the currently visible scope of application for cyber-physical systems according to the ongoing discussion in industry and academia.
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