Organizing reuse for production systems engineering with capabilities and skills Organisation der Wiederverwendung im Engineering von Produktionsystemen mit Capabilities und Skills

The flexibility of production systems is a key factor for Industry 4.0. Capabilities and skills (C&Ss) aim at improving engineering flexibility along the production system life-cycle by decoupling production processes and resources. However, traditional reuse approaches in production systems engineering, such as the VDI 3695, do not yet consider C&Ss. This paper proposes the Capability and Skill Reuse (CSR) framework to define how VDI 3695 activities require adaptation for C&S models. The paper analyzes how the framework can facilitate reuse along the production system life-cycle and identifies open issues for research.

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This paper discusses the importance of flexibility in production systems for Industry 4.0. It proposes the Capability and Skill Reuse (CSR) framework to adapt traditional reuse approaches, such as VDI 3695, for C&S models. The framework aims to improve engineering flexibility in the production system life-cycle and highlights open research issues.