Abstract
Lean manufacturing has enabled companies worldwide to increase productivity and quality by eliminating waste and was characterized as the most influential manufacturing paradigm. Besides lean management, IT technology-driven smart manufacturing, in the German-speaking area referred to as Industry 4.0, recently receives tremendous attention and will lead to the next fundamental paradigm shift in manufacturing. A key aspect of smart manufacturing is the exploitation of manufacturing data for more efficiency, process transparency, and quality. To support companies in gaining a competitive advantage by exploiting their manufacturing data, this chapter consolidates and briefly describes 14 data-based applications in manufacturing along with their key barriers and key enablers. The scope of the research and thus of the presented data-based applications is the site level.
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