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Roadmap for a Smart Factory: A Modular, Intelligent Concept for the Production of Specialty Chemicals
Author(s) -
Reitze Arnulf,
Jürgensmeyer Nikolas,
Lier Stefan,
Kohnke Marco,
Riese Julia,
Grünewald Marcus
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201711571
Subject(s) - speciality chemicals , flexibility (engineering) , modular design , production (economics) , product (mathematics) , manufacturing engineering , factory (object oriented programming) , field (mathematics) , computer science , engineering , engineering management , business , risk analysis (engineering) , systems engineering , economics , management , geometry , mathematics , environmental engineering , macroeconomics , programming language , operating system , pure mathematics
Digitalization and increasing the flexibility of production concepts offer the possibility to react to market challenges in the field of specialty chemicals. Shorter product lifetimes, increasing product individualization, and the resulting market volatility impose new requirements on plant operators. Novel concepts such as modular production plants and developments in digitalization (Industry 4.0) are able to assist the implementation of smart factories in specialty chemicals. These essential concepts will be presented in this Minireview.