Improving Shop Floor-Near Production Management Through Data-Driven Insights
Interdisciplinary excellence accelerator series, pp. 367–390
Abstract
Abstract In short-term production management of the Internet of Production (IoP) the vision of a Production Control Center is pursued, in which interlinked decision-support applications contribute to increasing decision-making quality and speed. The applications developed focus in particular on use cases near the shop floor with an emphasis on the key topics of production planning and control, production system configuration, and quality control loops. Within the Predictive Quality application, predictive models are used to derive insights from production data and subsequently improve the process- and product-related quality as well as enable automated Root Cause Analysis. The Parameter Prediction application uses invertible neural networks to predict process parameters that can be used to produce components with desired quality properties. The application Production Scheduling investigates the feasibility of applying reinforcement learning to common scheduling tasks in production and compares the performance of trained reinforcement learning agents to traditional methods. In the two applications Deviation Detection and Process Analyzer, the potentials of process mining in the context of production management are investigated. While the Deviation Detection application is designed toidentify and mitigate performance and compliance deviations in production systems, the Process Analyzer concept enables the semi-automated detection of weaknesses in business and production processes utilizing event logs. With regard to the overall vision of the IoP, the developed applications contribute significantly to the intended interdisciplinary of production and information technology. For example, application-specific digital shadows are drafted based on the ongoing research work, and the applications are prototypically embedded in the IoP.
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Robert Heinrich Schmitt Aachen Fraunhofer IPT Information Management in Mechanical Engineering (IMA) Production Metrology and Quality Management Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering (WZL)
Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT · RWTH Aachen University
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Fraunhofer IPT, Aachen, Germany
Information Management in Mechanical Engineering (WZL-MQ/IMA), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
Production Metrology and Quality Management, Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering (WZL), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering (WZL), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering (WZL), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering (WZL), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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Information Management in Mechanical Engineering (WZL-MQ/IMA), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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FIR e. V. an der RWTH Aachen · RWTH Aachen University
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Institute for Industrial Management (FIR), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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Institute of Textile Technology (ITA), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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Institute for Plastics Processing (IKV), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering (WZL), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering (WZL), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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Affiliation as printed
Information Management in Mechanical Engineering (WZL-MQ/IMA), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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Affiliation as printed
Institute of Textile Technology (ITA), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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Affiliation as printed
Institute for Plastics Processing (IKV), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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FIR e. V. an der RWTH Aachen · RWTH Aachen University
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Institute for Industrial Management (FIR), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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Process and Data Science (PADS), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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Affiliation as printed
Information Management in Mechanical Engineering (WZL-MQ/IMA), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering (WZL), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering (WZL), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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Günther Schuh Aachen Fraunhofer IPT Production Metrology and Quality Management Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering (WZL)
Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT · RWTH Aachen University
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Fraunhofer IPT , Aachen , Germany
Production Metrology and Quality Management , Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering (WZL) , RWTH Aachen University , Aachen , Germany
Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering (WZL), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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Wil M. P. van der Aalst Aachen Production Metrology and Quality Management Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering (WZL) Process and Data Science (PADS)
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Production Metrology and Quality Management , Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering (WZL) , RWTH Aachen University , Aachen , Germany
Process and Data Science (PADS), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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