Application of a software ecosystem framework for connected vacuum gripping systems

Autor: Georg Herzwurm, David Straub, Dimitri Petrik, Felix Schönhofen, Harald Kuolt
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Procedia CIRP. 72:580-585
ISSN: 2212-8271
DOI: 10.1016/j.procir.2018.03.124
Popis: Cost pressure, demand for individual solutions and increasing importance of software challenge manufacturing companies. Platforms are a solution to extend the value of products through modular digital services by transforming them into smart connected products. This contribution presents a recommendation framework for software ecosystems design, which reveals many factors, influencing the decision of a company whether to join a platform ecosystem or not. The framework’s usability for manufacturing companies is tested by applying it on a case study of connected vacuum gripping systems. In addition to the shown decision support, provided by the framework, the case study aims to depict the need for a framework extension, due to additional IoT components of smart connected products and the enterprise software origin of the initial framework.
Databáze: OpenAIRE