Title :
The Future Factory Initiative at SAP Research
Author :
Van Putten, Bart-Jan ; Kuestner, Markus ; Rosjat, Martin
Author_Institution :
SAP Res. Center Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Abstract :
The Future Factory Initiative is a joint effort between SAP Research and industrial and academic partner organizations to foster research and development for the manufacturing industry. One of the main efforts is the Future Factory Lab. Based on a scenario for high-variant, discrete manufacturing, the Future Factory applies evolving technologies and the state of the art in automation, hardware-ERP integration, RFID, and user interfaces. This paper outlines notable features of the Future Factory Initiative and the Future Factory Lab.
Keywords :
manufacturing systems; research and development; user interfaces; Future Factory Initiative; Future Factory Lab; RFID; SAP Research; hardware-ERP integration; manufacturing industry; research and development; user interfaces; Application software; Containers; Enterprise resource planning; Manufacturing automation; Manufacturing industries; Manufacturing processes; Production facilities; Radiofrequency identification; Research and development; User interfaces;
Conference_Titel :
Emerging Technologies & Factory Automation, 2009. ETFA 2009. IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Mallorca
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2727-7
Electronic_ISBN :
1946-0759
DOI :
10.1109/ETFA.2009.5347257
