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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Petrik, Dimitri
• Schönhofen, Felix
• Straub, David
• Herzwurm, Georg
• Kuolt, Harald

Titel

Application of a software ecosystem framework for connected vacuum gripping systems

Ist Teil von

• Procedia CIRP, 2018, Vol.72, p.580-585

Ort / Verlag

Elsevier B.V

Erscheinungsjahr

2018

Quelle

EZB Electronic Journals Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Cost pressure, demand for individual solutions and increasing importance of software challenge manufacturing companies. Platforms are a solution to extend the value of products through modular digital services by transforming them into smart connected products. This contribution presents a recommendation framework for software ecosystems design, which reveals many factors, influencing the decision of a company whether to join a platform ecosystem or not. The framework’s usability for manufacturing companies is tested by applying it on a case study of connected vacuum gripping systems. In addition to the shown decision support, provided by the framework, the case study aims to depict the need for a framework extension, due to additional IoT components of smart connected products and the enterprise software origin of the initial framework.