Towards “Design for Interoperability” in the context of Systems Engineering

• DOI: 10.1016/j.procir.2021.01.067
• Publication Date: 2021-02-10T18:26:57Z
• Authors: Martin Sjarov; Dominik Kißkalt; Tobias Lechler; Andreas Selmaier; Jörg Franke
• Keywords: System lifecycle; Product engineering; Industry 4.0

In product development, early decisions made within the requirements specification and design phase have significant impact on overall functionality, quality lifecycle cost of product. Systems Engineering, these oftentimes iterative phases are steered by underlying development models, providing processes, guidelines best practices. One family "Design for X" (DfX) tools or principles. mechatronic systems e.g. production systems, traditionally mechanical, electric software domain to be distinguished. Over time, driven trends digitalization, communication interconnection innovation thus required effort has been shifting from mechanical towards domain. The question system interoperability thereby is a fundamental nature. This especially relevant current paradigms Industry 4.0 Digital Twin. To reflect growing importance (i.e. ability purposefully interchange interpretable information) as requirement technical this paper introduces Interoperability" (DfIOp) new DfX principle. First, motivated ever-growing information technology future products. Then, main contribution combination state art in research domains DfX, interoperability, Engineering 4.0. Consequently, DfIOp will presented, including systematization model well first method its implementation. Further contemplation shows, that it enables derivative principles such Data Analytics" Twin". research, models methods further detailed integrated into context.