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Application Scenario Value-based Service
View on Industrial IoT of Plattform Industrie 4.0Today

Main characteristics of Value-based Service

Tomorrow
Supplier
product

Customerproduct

Customer

ServiceproviderPlatform
operatorproduct

usage data

Supplier
product• Possible new business roles: operator of IoT
platform and service provider of data-driven
services• Application scenario not focused on
manufacturing industries and can be appliedin other industries also
• Manifold benefits and opportunities have been
already elaborated

Platform economy• A platform operator is establishing itself as a new business stakeholder in a value added
network
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Business View of Application Scenario Value-based Services
Variety of different business setups (extract)
Production and process optimization

Availability as a service

Examples for Platform Economy
Data-driven services

Production scheduling servicesPlatform
operator
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Platformoperator
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Usage View of Application Scenario Value-based Service
Technical systems description in its application context
Joint publications on different level of detail, based on international standards• Usage viewpoint of IIRA (based ISO/IEC/IEEE 42010) resp. IEC 62559-2

Refinement

driven by GER-teamdriven by JP-team

Common understanding as basis for joint activities in the context of platform economy andinitiation of technical standardization activities
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Example for a Specific Activity of Usage View
Connection of Assets to an Internet-of-Things Platform
Triggers: initiated and designed by production
manager
Workflow• Task 1 “Define data to be transferred”: roleasset integrator & supplier asset• Task 2 “Connect asset to service platform”:
role asset integrator• Task 3 “Provide access to usage data ofasset”: role operator service platform• Task 4 “Validate connection of asset”: roleasset integrator & operator service platform &supplier asset• Task 5 “Acceptance of connection of asset”:
role asset integrator & production manager
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applications

operator service
platform

service
platform...

supplier of asset
user of asset...

connectedassets

asset supplier production
integrator asset manager

Different interests of supplier and user of theasset
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Asset Administration Shell
An Information Technology Concept
How to use the asset administration shell?

What is the asset administration shell?

Enabling interoperability of assets from an IT
perspective

Asset service registry providing uniform
access to asset services

Mechanism to manage different businessstakeholder having interest in a common asset• Secure access to asset services• Possibility to standardize asset services
Softwareapplication

Softwareengineer
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Softwareapplication

Asset

Asset
Administration
Shell

Asset
Administration
Shell• Protecting intellectual property about an asset

Softwareengineer
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Status Quo and Summary
Platform Economy and Standardization
Standardization• Germany and Japan have developed a common usage view for the Asset Administration Shell• Many technical activities are ongoing in the context of the Asset Administration Shell; someindustries develop first solutions of aspects of the Asset Administration Shell based on OPC-UA• Challenge will be to select those aspects having the highest potential to be established in themarket quickly
Platform Economy• Need for action to participate in this trend!
• Availability of appropriate platforms is a prerequisite• But empower manufacturing companies in using such platforms

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Thank you for your attention!

Ulrich Löwen
Senior Principal Key Expert Engineer
CT RDA CES
Günther-Scharowsky-Str. 191058 Erlangen, Deutschland
Phone: +49 (9131) 7-32948
Mobile: +49 (173) 9770999
E-mail:ulrich.loewen@siemens.com
Internetsiemens.com/corporate-technology
Intranet
intranet.ct.siemens.com

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