Kaeser @ EIF 2017 – Asset Lifecycle Management in Industrie 4.0

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ByConstanze Schmitz
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On May 16th and 17th 2017, ARC Advisory Group will host its European Industry Forum (EIF) in the Meliã Hotel Sitges in Spain.  The European Industry Forum is part of ARC’s successful series of worldwide conferences in the USA, India, China, and Japan.

Kaeser Kompressoren

Uwe Grundmann, Head of Production Mobilair at Kaeser Kompressoren and Timothy Kaufmann, Business Development Director IoT and Manufacturing at SAP, will give an insight into the management of the asset lifecycle in Industrie 4.0 from the assembly to the service at Kaeser Kompressoren. 

Industrie 4.0 can be a trigger for new business models. Kaeser is supporting their pay-per-use model selling compressed air with Industrie 4.0. This requires monitoring of the compressors and the compressor stations. In order to increase the availability of the compressor station and decrease downtimes the management of the asset lifecycle is essential: from the engineering, over the integration of production up to the service. In the production, Kaeser faces a big number of product variances with small quantities, requiring lot size 1 assembly and the maintenance of a digital twin, to have it available for the installation of compressor stations as well as for the service during the whole lifetime of a compressor.

To execute lot size 1 on the workplaces requires a comprehensive and configurated information flow from the product data model via variant configuration and manufacturing orders to the operation places, synchronized to the physical workflow. A sophisticated information logistic is required to implement lot size 1 with high variant products and low volumes.  Therefore, an integrated approach and system is needed that provides order specific information from the product data model, variant configuration and the production order.

ARC European Industry Forum

Industry in Transition: Realizing the Digital Enterprise

May 16 - 17, 2017, Hotel Meliã, Sitges (Barcelona), Spain

Participants are invited to attend a series of exclusive plenary and breakout sessions.  In these sessions, ARC analysts and other automation experts will analyze trends and drivers in manufacturing and tell the inside stories of successful operations and applications.

ARC’s European Industry Forum features dedicated workshops, offering ample opportunity to learn and discuss trends and developments.

You are welcome to join ARC’s European Industry Forum on May 16 – 17, 2017.  For more information, please go to http://www.arcweb.com/events/arc-industry-forum-europe or contact ablech@arcweb.com .

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