End-To-End Production Process Orchestration for Smart Printing Factories: An Application in Industry

Konstantinos Traganos, I.T.P. Vanderfeesten, Paul W. P. J. Grefen, Jonnro Erasmus, Ton Gerrits, Wim Verhofstad

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Abstract

Media production printing is following the Industry 4.0 era developments, towards the concept of smart printing factory. There, printers, post-processing machinery, media and product handling robots, automated guided vehicles and human operators shall be integrated in a seamless way for achieving higher production rates in a more efficient way, in a safe and ergonomic working environment. This integration of the various actors and the orchestration of their activities can be enabled by a process management system. This paper presents such a Printing Process Management System (PPMS), based on Business Process Management (BPM) technologies, that models and enacts end-to-end activities in a print shop. PPMS is a core information system of a cyber-physical system (CPS) for direct control of devices and humans in a smart production printing environment. It was implemented and demonstrated in the European EIT OEDIPUS 1 project for a major international printing technology provider, proving feasibility and giving insights into how BPM concepts and tools can be applied in smart printing factories.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2020 IEEE 24th International Enterprise Distributed Object Computing Conference
Subtitle of host publicationEDOC 2020
EditorsCristina Ceballos
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages155-164
ISBN (Electronic)9781728164731
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2020
Event24th IEEE International Enterprise Distributed Object Computing Conference: IEEE EDOC 2020 - Online, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Duration: 5 Oct 20208 Oct 2020
Conference number: 24
https://is.ieis.tue.nl/edoc20/conference/

Conference

Conference24th IEEE International Enterprise Distributed Object Computing Conference
Country/TerritoryNetherlands
CityEindhoven
Period5/10/208/10/20
Internet address

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