The common strategy oninternational standardizationin field of the Internet ofThings/Industrie 4.0
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The
commonstrategy
onstandardization in field of theThings/Industrie 4.0

international
Internet ofThe objective of the common strategy
paper is sharing the recognition ofimportant
issuesaboutsmart
manufacturing. The paper should lead

into a statement and (strategic) action
plan for important issues about smart
manufacturing in terms of GermanyJapan cooperation

1. Long-term view and focused
topics of smart manufacturing

2.1 Current key events

Standardization is a key issue for thesuccess of a smart manufacturing visionof the industries in Japan and Germany.
Internet of Things (IoT)/Industr y 4.0
requires an unprecedented degree ofsystemintegration
acrossdomainborders, hierarchy borders and life c ycle
phases. This is only possible if itproceeds
fromstandards
andspecifications based on consensus. It is
critical to consider the standardization asa basis for open and interoperable
systemarchitectureforindustrial
implementation of the vision of smart
manufacturing.

Digitizing Manufacturing in the G20– Conference on Initiatives, BestPractices and Polic y Approaches(March 16-17, Berlin),G20 Digital Ministers’ Meeting (April6-7, Düsseldorf).

As world leaders in the field ofmanufacturing
technology
andproduction s ystems, Germany and Japan
have spent strong effort for promoting
smart
manufacturing
research,developmentsandindustrialimplementations. Germany and Japanhaveagreed
tocooperateonstandardization in the field of smart
manufacturing by sharing the long-termview for smart manufacturing andfocusing on common pertinent topics.

2. Current situation
The cooperation partners met twice inGermany on October 7th and December
12th 2016. They formed a joint working
group and exchanged information oninternational standardization for smart
manufacturing. The following activities
and contributions will be expected andplanned for 2017.

In conjunction with G20 Conference:

In conjunction with CeBIT:CeBIT German-Japan Joint Forum(March 20 – 21, CeBIT Hannover).

2.2 Activities and fora oninternational standardization
IECSMB
SEG
Manufacturing,IEC TC 65
measurement,
automation,

ISO SMCC (Smart Manufacturing
Coordinating Committee),ISO TC 184 Automation Systemsand Integration,

ISO TC 299 Robotics,

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IEC/ISO JTC 1 (e.g. Joint AdvisoryGroup, W orking Group 10 – IOTand System Committee 27 –Security Information Technique) .

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Smart

Industrial-processcontrolandCollaboration options between GermanyandJapanwithrespect
tothestandardization activities are in progresswith the above standards developingorganizations (SDOs), while coordinating
the standardization of related elements

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3. Fundamental direction ofGermany-Japan cooperation
3.1 Development of detail use cases
For the future views and/or topics agreed
between Germany and Japan, ideal
operation images should be described intext as “Use Cases”. Use Cases need toshow which functions of organization,
human and production units would work
closely togetherinhow effective
manners, then would deliver what values
to whom in manufacturing activities.
Use Cases are important base scenar ios
toanalyze
andidentif y technicalrequirements for deployment, expansion
and new developments of the standards
afterwards.

3.2 Use of the reference models in
the focused areas(1) Expectation for the reference models ISO/IEC requested to promotemerging
existing
referencemodels/architectures into unified
models by eliminating overlaps
and clarif ying their core contents.
Existingreferencemodels/architectures have beendeveloped
fordiversified
scales/granularity with various
domains/life-c ycles at multiple
organizations.

Outcomesdeliveredbystandardizations should makeuser benefits a central value.

(2) Proposed way of usage: Unified
Reference
Model–
MapandMethodology (URM-MM)
URM-MM aims to provide map andmethodology to be referred by SDOs
and standard users in open ecosystem development. The map andmethodology show a procedural
guide with relevant international

standards and harmonize existingmodels to guarantee openness andinteroperability at each development
process. URM-MM assures andaccelerates the way forward to thevision of smart manufacturing.
(3) Properties of Unified Reference
Model – Map and Methodology (URMMM)
URM-MM contains properties suchas:
the development process definedfor each use-case at appropriate
scales and granularit y,user assistance for selection of an
appropriate model from precategorized models for eachdevelopment process to fulfill
their aim,

list of relevant international
standards for the selected model
which
come
fromexistingreferencemodels/architectures
such as RAMI4.0.

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Unified Reference Model

Use-case

Function

Data

Aspect Y

Focus Area

Model/Organization
RAMI4.0 / Platform Industrie 4.0
IIRA / Industrial Internet Consortium
IMSA / Made in China2025
Smart Manufacturing Ecosystem / NISTIoT Reference Architecture / JTC1/WG10
Architectural Framework for IoT/IEEE P2413
Architecture Reference Model / oneM2M
IoT Reference Model / ITU-T SG20
Big Picture 3D Diagram / ISO TC184
Framework for the smart manufacturing
standards landscape / AIF
IVRA / IVIDemachi Proposal/ TC65 ahG3
UML / OMG

Aspect X

Clarification & Mapping Method
Clarification & Mapping Method

Figure 1 Unified Reference Model – Map and Methodology (URM-MM)

3.3 Identification of standardization
requirements
In the areas where new standards areneeded, it is required to not only clarify
sufficienc y of international standards but
also list technical requirements that thestandard
shouldsatisfy.
For
thispurpose, the above process can also be
used to identif y the requirements. Firstly,use cases are decomposed into group offunctions which realize the use cases.
And then, it is possible to define data
models to be shared among the functions
and interfaces between the functions forthe use cases. Germany and Japan
cooperation will benefit those works ofanalyzing use cases.

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4. Support of standardization
works
Reference models and architectures areessential for further standardization workin smart manufacturing. Reflecting thediversity of need and applications,several models have been proposed, andsuch models set a comprehensive
framework for the conceptual andstructural design of smart manufacturingsystems. In this context, the proposed
work on mapping and h armonizing theexisting models to achieve higher
interoperability should be fostered.
Standardization is critically important forrealizing smart manufacturing toward s
global and sustainable developments.
Germany and Japan have agreed tocooperate in the developments ofinternational
standardsandSDO
activities by sharing information andsetting up consistent strategy and actionplans as stated in this paper.

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