Digital infrastructures for sustainable production

Challenge and Motivation

• Minimizing the resource consumption and reducing the environmental impact of manufacturing systems has become increasingly more important.
• Digital Infrastructures have an enormous impact on how production can be realized.
• It is important to understand how different realizations of digital infrastructures can influence the effectiveness and efficiency of production

Objective

• Providing an overview of aspects and mechanisms of digital infrastructures to promote sustainability in production
• Development of a ranking tool for a companie’s sustainability level

Procedure

• Analysis of different components and architectures for digital infrastructures in the contexts of sustainability
• Derivation of recommendations and examples for future actions