Volume 115 (2025), Edition 11-12

Global value creation systems are challenged by resource scarcity, climate change, and geopolitical risks. This article investigates how characteristics of industrial ecosystems interact with key drivers of resilience and identifies factors that are...

The study examines current shocks and risks in the metal industry. The interviews show that a lack of digitalization, networks, and unsuitable corporate structures are delaying responses to market changes. The results were also compared to recent...

In an increasingly unstable and complex world, traditional strategic methods are reaching their limits. This article introduces Trendiation: a new, qualitative, and participatory future methodology that has been systematically developed and tested...

The quality of textual data in a production context represents an influencing factor for establishing LLM-based information retrieval systems that has not yet been sufficiently considered. This article outlines the limitations of LLM-based...

This article highlights the use phase as pivotal for circular value creation in industrial business models. It analyzes the shift from reactive to proactive and autonomous service concepts. Targeted upgrades and data-driven solutions generate added...

Based on five case studies, this article examines the design of AI-based business models in manufacturing SMEs. Using the 4V model, structural implications are analyzed along the dimensions of value proposition, value delivery, value creation, and...

Strict real-time requirements in path interpolation for machine tools pose challenges for error compensation systems: Position-dependent correction values must be reliably available every 2 ms. Detailed temperature models are too computationally...

This paper presents a systematic design of a computer vision-aided assembly instruction system that integrates YOLO-based object recognition with metadata-based instruction models. The approach delivers real-time and context-specific work...

In response to increasing demands for flexibility, quality, and scalability, a modular system architecture for the automated production of mRNA-based therapeutics was designed and implemented using digital twins in the context of Pharma 4.0. The...

Production planning ensures competitive production and is simultaneously subject to technological and environmental change. Therefore, based on a study, key requirements and drivers for future production planning were identified. To summarise, the...

Due to the high complexity of processes, production control represents a key challenge for manufacturing companies. In this regard, the automation of planning and control tasks using algorithms is becoming increasingly important. Reinforcement...