Resilience in Industry 4.0 Digital
Infrastructures and Platforms
Daniel RIBEIRO
a,b, 1
, António ALMEIDA
a,b
, Américo AZEVEDO
a,b
and Filipe
FERREIRA
b
a
Faculdade de Engenharia, University of Porto, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal
b
INESC TEC—Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering, Technology and
Science, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal
Abstract. We live in a world where companies are shifting to the industry 4.0
paradigm. One of the pillars of Industry 4.0 is the digitalization of physical assets
and manufacturing processes, moving toward the Cyber-Physical Production
Systems concept (CPPS). In these systems, every component of the production
process - machines, tools, workstations, etc. - is equipped with sensors, possesses
information about itself, and can interact with each other, allowing the production
of smaller batches at lower prices and increase product customization through
adaptative processes. Consequently, companies are evolving their information
systems to have more visibility and control over their production systems. This
change increases both the production system’s agility and its vulnerability to
communication and information related disruptions. Hence, companies that adhere
to Industry 4.0 enabling technologies must adopt new methodologies and tools to
become aware of the new risks that arise by the introduction of new digital platforms,
their impacts in the production systems, and how they may react to remain resilient.
In this paper, disruption events and adequate mitigation strategies are analysed,
modelled, and simulated as part of a methodology designed to measure the impacts
of disruptive events on the production system.
Keywords. Industry 4.0, Cyber-Physical Production System (CPPS), disruption
management, hybrid simulation.
1. Introduction
Industry 4.0 consists of a paradigm shift from automated production to an intelligent
production concept where all physical assets such as products, components, workstations,
and machines possess individual information about themselves and are part of a network
with communication interfaces, where all participants can interact with each other using
technologies such as the Internet of Things. These assets are now called Cyber-Physical
Systems (CPS), and the manufacturing system itself a Cyber-Physical Production System
(CPPS). CPPSs are highly flexible systems that allow small batches to be produced at
lower prices and increase product customization through adaptive production processes
[1].
Consequently, companies are evolving their information systems to have more
visibility and control over their production systems. As an example, companies are
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Corresponding author, E-mail: daniel.s.ribeiro@inesctec.pt.
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