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Building a Digital Manufacturing as a Service Ecosystem for Catena-X.

Felix Schöppenthau¹, Florian Patzer¹, Boris Schnebel¹

¹Fraunhofer IOSB, Fraunhoferstraße 1, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany.

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)

|September 9, 2023

Summary

Manufacturing as a Service (MaaS) transforms supply chains into flexible, robust systems. This article details a digital MaaS ecosystem for the Catena-X automotive project, enabling scaling and new business models.

Keywords:

Catena-X Gaia-X Industry 4.0 Manufacturing as a Service (MaaS)Manufacturing-X Smart Factory Web digital ecosystem production ecosystem reference architecture smart manufacturing

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Area of Science:

Manufacturing Engineering
Supply Chain Management
Digital Transformation

Background:

Current manufacturing relies on integrated production and fragile supply chains.
A paradigm shift towards open, flexible, and robust production is needed.
Scaling effects for production capacities and customer segments are essential for industry evolution.

Purpose of the Study:

To describe the creation of a digital Manufacturing as a Service (MaaS) ecosystem.
To apply this ecosystem to the Catena-X automotive innovation project for standardized global data exchange.
To explore new business models and address challenges in legislation, sustainability, and standardization.

Main Methods:

Analysis of the state-of-the-art in MaaS ecosystems.
Development of a digital MaaS ecosystem using an advanced Smart Factory Web reference architecture.
Creation of a demonstrator for a federated MaaS marketplace for Catena-X.

Main Results:

A digital MaaS ecosystem was developed and demonstrated for the Catena-X project.
The ecosystem enables scaling effects, new business models, and addresses industry challenges.
The Smart Factory Web reference architecture was advanced through this implementation.

Conclusions:

The developed digital MaaS ecosystem provides a blueprint for open, sustainable, and resilient manufacturing.
The Catena-X project successfully leveraged the MaaS ecosystem for standardized data exchange.
Advancements in the Smart Factory Web architecture support future digital manufacturing ecosystems.