Abstract
The fourth industrial revolution is characterized by the introduction of the Internet of things (IoT) and Internet of Services (IoS) concepts into manufacturing, which enables smart factories with vertically and horizontally integrated production systems. The main driver is technology, as Industry 4.0 is a collective term for technologies and concepts of value chain organization. Digital manufacturing platforms play an increasing role in dealing with competitive pressures and incorporating new technologies, applications, and services. Motivated by the difficulties to understand and adopt Industry 4.0 and the momentum that the topic has currently, this paper reviews the concepts and approaches related to digital manufacturing platforms from different perspectives: IoT platforms, digital manufacturing platforms, digital platforms as ecosystems, digital platforms from research and development perspective, and digital platform from industrial equipment suppliers.
Highlights
The Industry 4.0 concept has gained a global context beyond the German Industrie 4.0 initiative and suggests a perspective of the fourth industrial revolution that brings ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) into manufacturing that aims at the development of smart factories with fully integrated production systems
The Internet of Things (IoT) platform enables the building of applications and are called Application Enablement Platforms or AEPs
IoT platform are on the level of connectivity and network management, device management, data acquisition, security, event processing, monitoring, analysis, visualization, integration, storage, and application enablement
Summary
The Industry 4.0 concept has gained a global context beyond the German Industrie 4.0 initiative and suggests a perspective of the fourth industrial revolution that brings ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) into manufacturing that aims at the development of smart factories with fully integrated production systems. Industry 4.0 can be understood as a collective term for technologies and concepts of value chain organization [3]. In industries worldwide, highly flexible processes that can be changed quickly enable individualized mass production [4]. Within modularly structured Smart Factories, Cyber Physical Systems (CPS) monitor physical processes, create a virtual representation of the physical world, and make decisions. The traditional structure of the automation pyramid and the IT/OT
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