Abstract

Many different concepts and approaches have been seen for an Industry 4.0 achievement. In the attempt of merging the theory to the practice, there are gaps to determine which concept or technology suits best the productive chain and what is really a pre-requisite to classify it as Industry 4.0. On scientific and empirical literature about this subject, the Internet of Services, IoS, has been mentioned as an important pillar for Industry 4.0, coupled with Internet of Things (IoT) and Cyber-physical systems (CPS). While IoT and CPS as well as their link with Industry 4.0 are detailed in many researches, a deeper understanding on the Internet of Services and its contribution for this scenario is still missing. This paper aims to fill this gap gathering concepts about the Internet of Services, how it is composed and what would be its role on the manufacturing environment. Through a deeper understanding about the origin of the term Internet of Services, there is an important concept that may explain how the Industry 4.0 operates in a business and technological perspective: the concept of SOA - Service Oriented Architecture.

Highlights

  • After some years that Industry 4.0 was first coined, companies are still looking for the best approach and trying to understand this new paradigm

  • The introduction of the Internet of Things and the Internet of Services into the manufacturing environment leads to a fourth industrial revolution [2]

  • After gathering concepts that link the subjects Internet of Services and Industry 4.0, the study was refined into such correlations and a new model approach has beenproposed for a smart manufacturing environment

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Introduction

After some years that Industry 4.0 was first coined, companies are still looking for the best approach and trying to understand this new paradigm. The introduction of the Internet of Things and the Internet of Services into the manufacturing environment leads to a fourth industrial revolution [2]. The Internet of Services is considered by many authors as one of the main pillars of Industry 4.0 [2-5], there is still a gap on the literature in addressing the full meaning of Internet of Services and its contribution on this new environment. Comparing Internet of Services against the Internet of Things on literature about Industry 4.0, the number of papers reflect a more expressive focus on IoT while IoS is still not so explored. While IoT deals with tangible objects, sensors and machines, the Internet of Services will cover a more abstract set of functionalities, bringing the concept of SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture

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