Innovation and value creation

Challenges, visions and concepts for manufacturing systems of the future, Factories of the Future, Manufacturing 2030

“Industrie 4.0”: cyber-physical environment and infrastructure

Design and engineering of manufacturing systems

Event-driven production planning and control

Holistic production systems beyond conventional notions

Smart technologies for manufacturing, Smart Factories

Implementation of technical intelligence in manufacturing systems

Modeling and simulation of processes

Learning organization and management

Energy and material efficiency, green manufacturing

Local, regional and global networking

Factories with regional roots, regional infrastructure

Management/optimization of the product life cycle

Biology-inspired manufacturing systems

Emergent synthesis

Co-creative decision making

Value-oriented sustainable manufacturing

Industry 4.0 showcase and example