Requirements of the Smart Factory System: A Survey and Perspective

TLDR

Industry 4.0 and the smart factory concept are reshaping traditional manufacturing, prompting growing academic and industrial research to transition theory into practice. This study aims to identify and analyze research on smart factories, highlighting perspectives that shape them and proposing approaches and technical support to realize these perspectives. The authors propose a framework for analyzing existing research and examining the elements and features of smart factory systems.

Abstract

With the development of Industry 4.0 and the emergence of the smart factory concept, the traditional philosophy of manufacturing systems will change. The smart factory introduces changes to the factors and elements of traditional manufacturing systems and incorporates the current requirements of smart systems so that it can compete in the future. An increasing amount of research in both academia and industry is dedicated to transitioning the concept of the smart factory from theory to practice. The purpose of the current research is to highlight the perspectives that shape the smart factory and to suggest approaches and technical support to enable the realization of those perspectives. This paper fills this gap by identifying and analyzing research on smart factories. We suggest a framework to analyze existing research and investigate the elements and features of smart factory systems.