TY - JOUR
T1 - How the technologies underlying cyber-physical systems support the reconfigurability capability in manufacturing
T2 - a literature review
AU - Napoleone, Alessia
AU - Negri, Elisa
AU - Macchi, Marco
AU - Pozzetti, Alessandro
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Nowadays, manufacturing firms need the reconfigurability capability to be responsive in the current context characterised by unpredictable and frequent market changes and the reduction of product life cycle. Despite the relevance of the subject, a challenge for practitioners is the development of a strategy aimed to increase the level of reconfigurability with long-term goals of customisation and responsiveness. Moreover, traditional manufacturing paradigms are disrupted by the transformation of manufacturing systems in cyber-physical systems (CPS), thus introducing innovative means also to increase the level of reconfigurability in manufacturing systems. This study investigates how the technologies underlying CPS support the reconfigurability capability along system life cycle. Thus the technologies underlying CPS are classified into seven categories and it is shown how they enable the sequence of utilisation of the reconfigurability characteristics (modularity, integrability, diagnosability, scalability, convertibility and customisation) along the system life cycle. The results of the study can guide practitioners in developing reconfigurability as a strategic capability. Moreover, different directions for future research can be considered, as discussed in the conclusion.
AB - Nowadays, manufacturing firms need the reconfigurability capability to be responsive in the current context characterised by unpredictable and frequent market changes and the reduction of product life cycle. Despite the relevance of the subject, a challenge for practitioners is the development of a strategy aimed to increase the level of reconfigurability with long-term goals of customisation and responsiveness. Moreover, traditional manufacturing paradigms are disrupted by the transformation of manufacturing systems in cyber-physical systems (CPS), thus introducing innovative means also to increase the level of reconfigurability in manufacturing systems. This study investigates how the technologies underlying CPS support the reconfigurability capability along system life cycle. Thus the technologies underlying CPS are classified into seven categories and it is shown how they enable the sequence of utilisation of the reconfigurability characteristics (modularity, integrability, diagnosability, scalability, convertibility and customisation) along the system life cycle. The results of the study can guide practitioners in developing reconfigurability as a strategic capability. Moreover, different directions for future research can be considered, as discussed in the conclusion.
KW - cyber-physical systems
KW - digitalisation
KW - industry 4.0
KW - Manufacturing system life cycle
KW - reconfigurability characteristics
KW - reconfigurable manufacturing systems
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85130781853&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/00207543.2022.2074323
DO - 10.1080/00207543.2022.2074323
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85130781853
SN - 0020-7543
VL - 61
SP - 3122
EP - 3144
JO - International Journal of Production Research
JF - International Journal of Production Research
IS - 9
ER -