Organizing reuse for production systems engineering with capabilities and skills

Abstract

Abstract The flexibility of production systems is a key factor for Industry 4.0. Capabilities and skills (C&Ss) aim at improving engineering flexibility along the production system life-cycle by decoupling production processes and resources. However, traditional reuse approaches in production systems engineering, such as the VDI 3695, do not yet consider C&Ss. This paper proposes the Capability and Skill Reuse (CSR) framework to define how VDI 3695 activities require adaptation for C&S models. The paper analyzes how the framework can facilitate reuse along the production system life-cycle and identifies open issues for research.