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Prof. Dominik T. Matt
1. Faculty of Science and Technology, Industrial Engineering and Automation, Free University of Bolzano-Bozen, Bolzano, Italy

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0 Axiomatic Design
0 Digital Transformation
0 Smart Factory
0 Artificial Intelligence in Manufacturing
0 Lean and agile production

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Published: 09 May 2021 in Implementing Industry 4.0 in SMEs
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In this chapter, we explore after 10 years of Industry 4.0 the status of the application in manufacturing companies and especially in small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Based on literature and previously conducted research we present guidelines and a modular framework for implementing smart manufacturing in SMEs. In addition, a stage model is illustrated to support SMEs in breaking down the framework from a design level to an implementation and operational level. Finally, an outlook is given on the future challenges that SMEs will face in the coming years when they want to reach the next level of Industry 4.0 in their own company.

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Erwin Rauch; Dominik T. Matt. Status of the Implementation of Industry 4.0 in SMEs and Framework for Smart Manufacturing. Implementing Industry 4.0 in SMEs 2021, 3 -26.

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Erwin Rauch, Dominik T. Matt. Status of the Implementation of Industry 4.0 in SMEs and Framework for Smart Manufacturing. Implementing Industry 4.0 in SMEs. 2021; ():3-26.

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Erwin Rauch; Dominik T. Matt. 2021. "Status of the Implementation of Industry 4.0 in SMEs and Framework for Smart Manufacturing." Implementing Industry 4.0 in SMEs , no. : 3-26.

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Published: 10 March 2021 in Journal of Manufacturing Systems
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In the course of the fourth industrial revolution (also known as Industry 4.0 or I4.0) the operator itself comes to the fore. The technological and computational developments of recent years since the beginning of Industry 4.0 have led to a rapid progress in the development of technical worker assistance systems to support the worker in his daily work. So far, however, there are hardly any sufficient studies or a comprehensive overview of worker assistance systems. Therefore, in this paper, a systematic literature review of worker assistance systems in manufacturing is presented. A detailed descriptive and content analysis provide an extensive overview of the state of the art of worker assistance systems used in industrial settings. A particular focus is given to the analysis of potentials and future directions for these technical worker assistance systems. Additionally, gaps in research and in the transfer from research to industry are revealed. This information is then used to derive strategic measures addressed to stakeholders for either exploiting the benefits of such systems, for conducting further basic and applied research or for improving the applicability and potential for industry.

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Benedikt G. Mark; Erwin Rauch; Dominik T. Matt. Worker assistance systems in manufacturing: A review of the state of the art and future directions. Journal of Manufacturing Systems 2021, 59, 228 -250.

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Benedikt G. Mark, Erwin Rauch, Dominik T. Matt. Worker assistance systems in manufacturing: A review of the state of the art and future directions. Journal of Manufacturing Systems. 2021; 59 ():228-250.

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Benedikt G. Mark; Erwin Rauch; Dominik T. Matt. 2021. "Worker assistance systems in manufacturing: A review of the state of the art and future directions." Journal of Manufacturing Systems 59, no. : 228-250.

Journal article
Published: 10 February 2021 in Procedia CIRP
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By looking at the last few decades, industrial production has undergone great changes. Industry 4.0, also called the fourth industrial revolution, describes the change in the entire value chain through the digital networking of systems, machines, and products. In addition, product variety and complexity in assembly increased due to customization. Big Data Analytics, Internet of Things, Horizontal and Vertical Data Integration and Cyber-Physical Production Systems are just some examples of technologies that find their way from research into industrial practice. However, the most important resource is often neglected, when talking about industry: the human. When we look at companies, we find different types of personnel in production, each with different requirements and capabilities. Assistance systems can be used to counteract these new challenges and offer adequate support to each individual worker. In the past, much research has been done to develop new worker assistance systems, while the analysis of specific needs of user groups in production has been ignored. This paper presents a function-based mapping of industrial worker assistance systems to different user groups and proposes a method for selecting the most appropriate assistance system to each user group.

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Benedikt G. Mark; Luca Gualtieri; Matteo De Marchi; Erwin Rauch; Dominik T. Matt. Function-Based Mapping of Industrial Assistance Systems to User Groups in Production. Procedia CIRP 2021, 96, 278 -283.

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Benedikt G. Mark, Luca Gualtieri, Matteo De Marchi, Erwin Rauch, Dominik T. Matt. Function-Based Mapping of Industrial Assistance Systems to User Groups in Production. Procedia CIRP. 2021; 96 ():278-283.

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Benedikt G. Mark; Luca Gualtieri; Matteo De Marchi; Erwin Rauch; Dominik T. Matt. 2021. "Function-Based Mapping of Industrial Assistance Systems to User Groups in Production." Procedia CIRP 96, no. : 278-283.

Chapter
Published: 01 January 2021 in Research Anthology on Cross-Industry Challenges of Industry 4.0
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Industry 4.0 is for most companies and especially for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) one of the major challenges after the wave of lean management. The aim of this chapter is to provide a methodological guidance for the practical use of the Industry 4.0 vision and principles in production system design in the specific context of SMEs. Based on the analysis of literature, a procedure model for the target-oriented introduction of Industry 4.0 principles in SMEs is proposed. A first practical evaluation of the approach is carried out based on two industrial case studies. The experiences made in the industrial cases show that Industry 4.0 is not limited to the application in large enterprises but is very suitable also for SME. This chapter contributes, with its case-study-based methodology, to the existing sparse knowledge on the introduction of Industry 4.0 in SME production systems.

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Dominik T. Matt; Erwin Rauch; Michael Riedl. Knowledge Transfer and Introduction of Industry 4.0 in SMEs. Research Anthology on Cross-Industry Challenges of Industry 4.0 2021, 275 -302.

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Dominik T. Matt, Erwin Rauch, Michael Riedl. Knowledge Transfer and Introduction of Industry 4.0 in SMEs. Research Anthology on Cross-Industry Challenges of Industry 4.0. 2021; ():275-302.

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Dominik T. Matt; Erwin Rauch; Michael Riedl. 2021. "Knowledge Transfer and Introduction of Industry 4.0 in SMEs." Research Anthology on Cross-Industry Challenges of Industry 4.0 , no. : 275-302.

Journal article
Published: 25 December 2020 in Robotics
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The application of robotics in construction is hindered by the site environment, which is unstructured and subject to change. At the same time, however, buildings and corresponding sites can be accurately described by Building Information Modeling (BIM). Such a model contains geometric and semantic data about the construction and operation phases of the building and it is already available at the design phase. We propose a method to leverage BIM for simple yet efficient deployment of robotic systems for construction and operation of buildings. With our proposed approach, BIM is used to provide the robot with a priori geometric and semantic information on the environment and to store information on the operation progress. We present two applications that verify the effectiveness of our proposed method. This system represents a step forward towards an easier application of robots in construction.

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Camilla Follini; Valerio Magnago; Kilian Freitag; Michael Terzer; Carmen Marcher; Michael Riedl; Andrea Giusti; Dominik Matt. BIM-Integrated Collaborative Robotics for Application in Building Construction and Maintenance. Robotics 2020, 10, 2 .

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Camilla Follini, Valerio Magnago, Kilian Freitag, Michael Terzer, Carmen Marcher, Michael Riedl, Andrea Giusti, Dominik Matt. BIM-Integrated Collaborative Robotics for Application in Building Construction and Maintenance. Robotics. 2020; 10 (1):2.

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Camilla Follini; Valerio Magnago; Kilian Freitag; Michael Terzer; Carmen Marcher; Michael Riedl; Andrea Giusti; Dominik Matt. 2020. "BIM-Integrated Collaborative Robotics for Application in Building Construction and Maintenance." Robotics 10, no. 1: 2.

Journal article
Published: 24 December 2020 in Procedia Manufacturing
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Decentralized control paradigms are becoming more and more attractive in an ever-changing commercial environment, where there is a strong trend towards smaller production lot sizes. Whereas centralized scheduling might find a global throughput optimum (even at high computational and implementation cost), decentralized scheduling decisions in a multi-agent system are much more manageable and agents are more robust to handle any interruptions that might take place on the production floor. Compared to a centralised architecture, the development, testing and commissioning is definitely more complex, as it requires the availability of the physical units. Yet these aspects are not visited frequently by research activities. This paper details a novel implementation approach of a multi-agent based production control, that was developed for a lab-contained production environment that serves as test-bed for decentralized scheduling algorithms, with both a nominal operational mode and a simulation mode. The latter one is introduced to ease up the deployment process of the system. The description of the new approach is illustrated with different examples.

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Georg Egger; Dmitry Chaltsev; Andrea Giusti; Dominik T. Matt. A deployment-friendly decentralized scheduling approach for cooperative multi-agent systems in production systems. Procedia Manufacturing 2020, 52, 127 -132.

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Georg Egger, Dmitry Chaltsev, Andrea Giusti, Dominik T. Matt. A deployment-friendly decentralized scheduling approach for cooperative multi-agent systems in production systems. Procedia Manufacturing. 2020; 52 ():127-132.

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Georg Egger; Dmitry Chaltsev; Andrea Giusti; Dominik T. Matt. 2020. "A deployment-friendly decentralized scheduling approach for cooperative multi-agent systems in production systems." Procedia Manufacturing 52, no. : 127-132.

Journal article
Published: 13 November 2020 in International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning
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To reduce the environmental and economic impacts of the construction sector it is essential to follow sustainable models in each stage of the design process, including the procurement phase. Construction costs are generally calculated at this stage, overlooking life-cycle impacts. Since 2016, the Italian code of public procurement requests to comply with environmental minimum criteria and introduced the mandatory use of digital methods and tools. Given the opportunity to exchange information through BIM objects, this research explores the possibility to manage environmental and economic data with digital methods and tools in public procurement. This paper presents an evaluation system and a workflow to support the decision makers in considering the life cycle of a construction, optimizing environmental and economic impacts. The evaluation system developed is based on parameters, focused on environmental and economic impacts. Parameters have been collected analyzing and comparing sustainability norms and protocols. Results show that the developed system not only can support a public body during the procurement phase, but also delivers a database for further project phases, such as operation and end of life.

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Ambra Barbini; Giada Malacarne; Katrien Romagnoli; Giovanna A. Massari; Dominik T. Matt. Integration of Life Cycle Data in a BIM Object Library to Support Green and Digital Public Procurements. International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning 2020, 15, 983 -990.

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Ambra Barbini, Giada Malacarne, Katrien Romagnoli, Giovanna A. Massari, Dominik T. Matt. Integration of Life Cycle Data in a BIM Object Library to Support Green and Digital Public Procurements. International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning. 2020; 15 (7):983-990.

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Ambra Barbini; Giada Malacarne; Katrien Romagnoli; Giovanna A. Massari; Dominik T. Matt. 2020. "Integration of Life Cycle Data in a BIM Object Library to Support Green and Digital Public Procurements." International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning 15, no. 7: 983-990.

Conference paper
Published: 10 November 2020 in Collaboration in a Hyperconnected World
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Building Information Modeling plays an increasingly important role in today’s construction sector due to its growing prevalence among practitioners and the increasing legal obligation to use it in public projects. The general and most obvious benefits such as improved communication/coordination or rapid generation of various planning alternatives are widely accepted. However, there is a lack of a generic framework to quantify these benefits. This is especially important from the perspective of small and medium sized enterprises because larger investments - as they may occur through software and training when implementing BIM - should be balanced against a traceable return-on-investment. With a few exceptions, other research focuses on qualitative or non-monetary assessment parameters to evaluate these benefits. Such an approach may be too vague in the context of small and medium-sized enterprises to justify the necessary strategic decisions on a BIM changeover. In this study we propose a generic framework for quantitative evaluation of the BIM benefit. This evaluation is based on the BIM-impact on contingency estimation in construction risk management relying on Monte Carlo simulations. Semi-structured interviews and questionnaires with practitioners are used to evaluate how risk factors and subsequently contingencies can differ from each other in BIM-projects and Non-BIM projects.

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Christoph Paul Schimanski; Giada Malacarne; Gabriele Pasetti Monizza; Dominik T. Matt. A Quantitative Evaluation Framework for the Benefit of Building Information Modeling for Small and Medium Enterprises Leveraging Risk Management Concepts. Collaboration in a Hyperconnected World 2020, 711 -723.

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Christoph Paul Schimanski, Giada Malacarne, Gabriele Pasetti Monizza, Dominik T. Matt. A Quantitative Evaluation Framework for the Benefit of Building Information Modeling for Small and Medium Enterprises Leveraging Risk Management Concepts. Collaboration in a Hyperconnected World. 2020; ():711-723.

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Christoph Paul Schimanski; Giada Malacarne; Gabriele Pasetti Monizza; Dominik T. Matt. 2020. "A Quantitative Evaluation Framework for the Benefit of Building Information Modeling for Small and Medium Enterprises Leveraging Risk Management Concepts." Collaboration in a Hyperconnected World , no. : 711-723.

Review
Published: 24 September 2020 in Buildings
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Decision making is a relevant task in the building construction sector, and various systems and methods for decision support are emerging. By means of a systematic literature review, this article identifies the methods for decision making in building construction and the lifecycle phases for which decision support systems are proposed. The selected articles are analyzed and grouped according to the adopted decision-making methods and the defined lifecycle phases. The findings show that multiple criteria decision analysis is the most used method for decision support in building construction and that the construction phase is the most addressed phase within the relevant existing works. The findings related to the construction phase are further refined by grouping the articles into application areas and by reviewing in detail the proposed methods therein. The scarce availability of data and project cases is identified as the most common barrier for the successful development and implementation of decision support systems in the building construction sector. This work provides a basis for scientists and practitioners for identifying suitable methods for decision-making support in a specific lifecycle phase of a building.

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Carmen Marcher; Andrea Giusti; Dominik T. Matt. Decision Support in Building Construction: A Systematic Review of Methods and Application Areas. Buildings 2020, 10, 170 .

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Carmen Marcher, Andrea Giusti, Dominik T. Matt. Decision Support in Building Construction: A Systematic Review of Methods and Application Areas. Buildings. 2020; 10 (10):170.

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Carmen Marcher; Andrea Giusti; Dominik T. Matt. 2020. "Decision Support in Building Construction: A Systematic Review of Methods and Application Areas." Buildings 10, no. 10: 170.

Conference paper
Published: 31 August 2020 in Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV
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Augmented reality (AR) applications for indoor purpose mostly use vision-based localization systems. However, even with AI-based algorithms, reachable accuracies are quite low. In the field of facility management an important functionality is the possibility to go for a high localization accuracy to display information, warnings or instructions at the correct position, if necessary. Simple vision-based solutions, like QR codes, are widely used. However, they show a high effort during installation and the advantages of using AR are limited. Thus, a state-of-the-art review for non-vision-based indoor localization technologies was carried out. Moreover, an evaluation with respect to usability for augmented reality applications was done. A scenario of the application of AR in the facility management environment is described based on the review results. For use-cases with high accuracy, tracking systems like infrared-based camera systems are a preferable solution. Also, ultrasonic could be a cheap solution for a medium accuracy tracking. For a simple room-based localization Bluetooth beacons and other hybrid indoor position technologies are preferred.

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Dietmar Siegele; Umberto Di Staso; Marco Piovano; Carmen Marcher; Dominik T. Matt. State of the Art of Non-vision-Based Localization Technologies for AR in Facility Management. Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV 2020, 255 -272.

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Dietmar Siegele, Umberto Di Staso, Marco Piovano, Carmen Marcher, Dominik T. Matt. State of the Art of Non-vision-Based Localization Technologies for AR in Facility Management. Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV. 2020; ():255-272.

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Dietmar Siegele; Umberto Di Staso; Marco Piovano; Carmen Marcher; Dominik T. Matt. 2020. "State of the Art of Non-vision-Based Localization Technologies for AR in Facility Management." Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV , no. : 255-272.

Journal article
Published: 18 August 2020 in Procedia CIRP
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Over the past decades, product design has been very much concerned with the topics of Design for Manufacturing and Design for Assembly. The aim was to design products in such a way that they could be manufactured easily and cost-effectively using existing production processes. In consequence of the introduction of Industry 4.0 and collaborative robotics in production, production system and process designers are facing new challenges in designing safe, ergonomic and efficient assembly processes. Cost-effective collaborative robots enable the automation of production processes even with small quantities and are therefore now of great interest also for small and medium-sized companies. In this work, we present the hypothesis, that in addition to manufacturing system design, a corresponding product design can also positively or negatively influence the feasibility of collaborative assembly and workcells. Based on the aforementioned “Design for X” methods many product designers already have certain traditional assembly technologies in mind. However, if these assembly technologies are to be substituted by more innovative approaches to assemble products using human-robot collaboration, this often leads to product design being not or only conditionally suitable for collaborative assembly. In this work we show what kind of changes occur in assembly due to the introduction of collaborative robotics and what influence product design has on these changes. As a result of this research, we present design principles and design guidelines for products to enhance safety, ergonomics and efficiency in collaborative assembly.

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Luca Gualtieri; Gabriele Pasetti Monizza; Erwin Rauch; Renato Vidoni; Dominik T. Matt. From Design for Assembly to Design for Collaborative Assembly - Product Design Principles for Enhancing Safety, Ergonomics and Efficiency in Human-Robot Collaboration. Procedia CIRP 2020, 91, 546 -552.

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Luca Gualtieri, Gabriele Pasetti Monizza, Erwin Rauch, Renato Vidoni, Dominik T. Matt. From Design for Assembly to Design for Collaborative Assembly - Product Design Principles for Enhancing Safety, Ergonomics and Efficiency in Human-Robot Collaboration. Procedia CIRP. 2020; 91 ():546-552.

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Luca Gualtieri; Gabriele Pasetti Monizza; Erwin Rauch; Renato Vidoni; Dominik T. Matt. 2020. "From Design for Assembly to Design for Collaborative Assembly - Product Design Principles for Enhancing Safety, Ergonomics and Efficiency in Human-Robot Collaboration." Procedia CIRP 91, no. : 546-552.

Journal article
Published: 18 August 2020 in Procedia CIRP
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The introduction of Industry 4.0 technologies and automation in production and assembly is progressing and bringing a number of changes. While automation in the past was planned and implemented mostly independently of the operator, due to a clear separation of automated processes and manual activities, this has changed considerably in today’s production environment. The operator increasingly works directly with the machine or robot which supports the human in manufacturing or assembly activities. However, with the introduction of collaborative robots in assembly, many companies are faced with the challenge of making their workplaces safe and ergonomic. While collaborative robots present some inherent safety measures which allow the implementation of safe applications, this state usually changes as soon as they are integrated into a working environment and equipped with different type of end-effectors. In addition, ergonomics and efficiency are often ignored. Therefore, new design guidelines for systems integrator designer are needed to develop safe and ergonomic collaborative assembly workstations without neglecting production efficiency requirements. In this paper, a collection and classification of prerequisites and design guidelines are developed starting from international standards, research works and real use cases. These guidelines will support application designers to proper develop and evaluate safe, human-centered and efficient collaborative assembly workstations. Not only the safety of the robotized components is considered, but also a holistic approach is chosen in which operators, the manufacturing and assembly system as well as organizational aspects are examined and summarized within the framework of collaborative assembly.

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Luca Gualtieri; Erwin Rauch; Renato Vidoni; Dominik T. Matt. Safety, Ergonomics and Efficiency in Human-Robot Collaborative Assembly: Design Guidelines and Requirements. Procedia CIRP 2020, 91, 367 -372.

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Luca Gualtieri, Erwin Rauch, Renato Vidoni, Dominik T. Matt. Safety, Ergonomics and Efficiency in Human-Robot Collaborative Assembly: Design Guidelines and Requirements. Procedia CIRP. 2020; 91 ():367-372.

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Luca Gualtieri; Erwin Rauch; Renato Vidoni; Dominik T. Matt. 2020. "Safety, Ergonomics and Efficiency in Human-Robot Collaborative Assembly: Design Guidelines and Requirements." Procedia CIRP 91, no. : 367-372.

Journal article
Published: 13 June 2020 in Procedia CIRP
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With the introduction of Industry 4.0 the use of worker assistance systems is getting more and more important. Assistance systems should support operators to increase efficiency and to reduce physical and mental stress and thus increase ergonomics of the work. In this paper, we investigate the impact of a projection-based worker assistance system conducting lab experiments simulating a ramp-up situation of a new product in assembly. The specific aim is the investigation of the impact of such systems in assembly for improving the learning curve, when products are changing. The study shows the results of a comparison between the assembly process with traditional worker instructions and the use of cognitive assistance systems to project instructions on the workplace.

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Benedikt G. Mark; Erwin Rauch; Dominik T. Matt. Study of the impact of projection-based assistance systems for improving the learning curve in assembly processes. Procedia CIRP 2020, 88, 98 -103.

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Benedikt G. Mark, Erwin Rauch, Dominik T. Matt. Study of the impact of projection-based assistance systems for improving the learning curve in assembly processes. Procedia CIRP. 2020; 88 ():98-103.

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Benedikt G. Mark; Erwin Rauch; Dominik T. Matt. 2020. "Study of the impact of projection-based assistance systems for improving the learning curve in assembly processes." Procedia CIRP 88, no. : 98-103.

Journal article
Published: 01 May 2020 in Sustainability
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Far from being exclusively related to economic considerations, the advantages of Industry 4.0 applications also include environmental and social concerns. An increasing amount of scientific publications relate the implementation of the fourth industrial revolution paradigm to sustainability. Several studies reported opportunities of Industry 4.0 implementation particularly to the environmental dimension of sustainability, e.g., through improved logistics streams and lowered waste from production. The present research aims at providing evidence on whether manufacturing companies consider Industry 4.0 implementation as an advantage contributing to environmental and social sustainability in terms of lower environmental impact of production, as well as higher physical relief for workers and flexibility of work organisation. The results were an attempt to study such relations with company sizes, industry sectors, turnover and self-assessed levels of digitalization varying. The sample encompasses 65 companies located in the Marche region (Italy). The results show that overall the perception of economic opportunities prevail, while the association of a beneficial impact of Industry 4.0 on environmental sustainability is rather low across companies, regardless of their size, turnover and digital level. As for the statistically significant variables, the results suggest a strong association of the size and the digital level to specific Industry 4.0 related advantages, referring to the social and economic dimension of sustainability, respectively.

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Riccardo Brozzi; David Forti; Erwin Rauch; Dominik T. Matt. The Advantages of Industry 4.0 Applications for Sustainability: Results from a Sample of Manufacturing Companies. Sustainability 2020, 12, 3647 .

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Riccardo Brozzi, David Forti, Erwin Rauch, Dominik T. Matt. The Advantages of Industry 4.0 Applications for Sustainability: Results from a Sample of Manufacturing Companies. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (9):3647.

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Riccardo Brozzi; David Forti; Erwin Rauch; Dominik T. Matt. 2020. "The Advantages of Industry 4.0 Applications for Sustainability: Results from a Sample of Manufacturing Companies." Sustainability 12, no. 9: 3647.

Journal article
Published: 27 April 2020 in Sustainability
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Industry 4.0 has attracted the attention of manufacturing companies over the past ten years. Despite efforts in research and knowledge transfer from research to practice, the introduction of Industry 4.0 concepts and technologies is still a major challenge for many companies, especially small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Many of these SMEs have no overview of existing Industry 4.0 concepts and technologies, how they are implemented in their own companies, and which concepts and technologies should primarily be focused on future Industry 4.0 implementation measures. The aim of this research was to develop an assessment model for SMEs that is easy to apply, provides a clear overview of existing Industry 4.0 concepts, and supports SMEs in defining their individual strategy to introduce Industry 4.0 in their firm. The maturity level-based assessment tool presented in this work includes a catalog of 42 Industry 4.0 concepts and a norm strategy based on the results of the assessment to support SMEs in introducing the most promising concepts. For testing and validation purposes, the assessment model has been applied in a field study with 17 industrial companies.

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Erwin Rauch; Marco Unterhofer; Rafael A. Rojas; Luca Gualtieri; Manuel Woschank; Dominik T. Matt. A Maturity Level-Based Assessment Tool to Enhance the Implementation of Industry 4.0 in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises. Sustainability 2020, 12, 3559 .

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Erwin Rauch, Marco Unterhofer, Rafael A. Rojas, Luca Gualtieri, Manuel Woschank, Dominik T. Matt. A Maturity Level-Based Assessment Tool to Enhance the Implementation of Industry 4.0 in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (9):3559.

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Erwin Rauch; Marco Unterhofer; Rafael A. Rojas; Luca Gualtieri; Manuel Woschank; Dominik T. Matt. 2020. "A Maturity Level-Based Assessment Tool to Enhance the Implementation of Industry 4.0 in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises." Sustainability 12, no. 9: 3559.

Earlycite article
Published: 25 April 2020 in The TQM Journal
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Purpose This paper proposes adequate strategies that companies, public administrators and organisations in the education industry can undertake to successfully face the challenges of digital transformation in a regional innovation system. This research considers stakeholders that operate in the Tyrol–Veneto macroregion (the Tyrol, South Tyrol and Veneto areas), a significant case of moderately innovative European macroregion. Design/methodology/approach This study undertakes explorative research based on a qualitative method. It adopts a place-based multi-stakeholder approach to emphasise the role of three categories of stakeholders (companies, educational system and regional governments) in facing digital changes. More precisely, interviews with 60 stakeholders from the Tyrol–Veneto macroregion were conducted and examined via both text mining analysis and content analysis. First, correspondence factor analysis was performed using IRaMuTeQ software to identify homogeneous subsets of concepts (pillars–i.e., macroareas of strategic actions). Second, two coding phases were implemented using NVivo software to detect strategic fields of action and specific strategic actions undertaken to address the challenges of digital transformation. Findings The results highlight that digital transformation is a pervasive challenge of regional innovative system that requires a multifaceted set of strategic actions falling into three main pillars. The first pillar, named “culture and skills”, includes three strategic fields of action as follows: digital education, talents and digital culture. The second pillar, named “infrastructures and technologies”, points out the need of information, interaction and artificial intelligence as key strategic fields of action. The third pillar, named “ecosystems”, highlights the importance of investing in medium- to long-term visions, partnerships and life quality. In brief, this study shows that standalone interventions are insufficient to tackle digital transformation from a systemic perspective. Moreover, this study outlines the potential contribution of each category of stakeholder to foster the digitalisation of the Tyrol–Veneto macroregion. Practical implications This study highlights the importance of developing digital culture and skills before investing in digital infrastructure and technology in a moderately innovative macroregion. Companies should alter their vision before reconfiguring their business models, invest in smart working and establish contacts with start-ups. In addition, this study recommends that public administration should mainly invest in digital education and partnerships, while, in terms of education and training organisations, it suggests providing digital skills to several cohorts of both students and workers. Policy implications call for the creation of new occasions of cooperation among stakeholders by fostering “table talks” as strategic and policy actions and by making more financial resources available to encourage the digital transformation processes. Originality/value The results of this study may be adapted to the characteristics of other regional innovative systems and used as a reference point in terms of the improvement of business, market and local development.

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Federico Brunetti; Dominik T. Matt; Angelo Bonfanti; Alberto De Longhi; Giulio Pedrini; Guido Orzes. Digital transformation challenges: strategies emerging from a multi-stakeholder approach. The TQM Journal 2020, 32, 697 -724.

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Federico Brunetti, Dominik T. Matt, Angelo Bonfanti, Alberto De Longhi, Giulio Pedrini, Guido Orzes. Digital transformation challenges: strategies emerging from a multi-stakeholder approach. The TQM Journal. 2020; 32 (4):697-724.

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Federico Brunetti; Dominik T. Matt; Angelo Bonfanti; Alberto De Longhi; Giulio Pedrini; Guido Orzes. 2020. "Digital transformation challenges: strategies emerging from a multi-stakeholder approach." The TQM Journal 32, no. 4: 697-724.

Journal article
Published: 20 March 2020 in Zeitschrift für wirtschaftlichen Fabrikbetrieb
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Kurzfassung Das Paradigma der biologischen Transformation besteht darin sich die Natur als Vorbild für technische Systeme zu nehmen. Diesem Ansatz wird großes Potenzial zugeschrieben, neue und innovative Lösungsansätze für die Produktionssysteme in der Fabrik der Zukunft zu generieren. Es stellt sich in der Praxis jedoch die Frage, wie Unternehmen von diesem Ansatz am besten profitieren können und welchen Handlungsempfehlungen sie konkret folgen sollen.

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Dominik T. Matt; Michael Riedl; Erwin Rauch. Die Natur als Inspiration. Zeitschrift für wirtschaftlichen Fabrikbetrieb 2020, 115, 158 -161.

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Dominik T. Matt, Michael Riedl, Erwin Rauch. Die Natur als Inspiration. Zeitschrift für wirtschaftlichen Fabrikbetrieb. 2020; 115 (3):158-161.

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Dominik T. Matt; Michael Riedl; Erwin Rauch. 2020. "Die Natur als Inspiration." Zeitschrift für wirtschaftlichen Fabrikbetrieb 115, no. 3: 158-161.

Review
Published: 23 January 2020 in Applied Sciences
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Many researchers have stated that lean and building information modeling (BIM) have positive synergies. This integrative literature review aims at exploring this body of knowledge within the scope of combinations of BIM and the Last Planner® System, as an important Lean construction method, in the phase of construction execution. The research motivation is to find out whether a comprehensive understanding of how to take advantage of these synergies exists. Eventually, the question arises of how to condense this understanding—if existing—into a robust conceptual model for integration. As a theoretical backbone, we will make use of the original BIM-Lean interaction matrix. The hypothesis is that new BIM functionalities have been evolved since the first formulation of this interaction matrix almost 10 years ago. These new BIM functionalities cause new interactions with existing lean principles. We will focus on interactions that refer directly or indirectly to production planning and control and use them to find the most relevant literature for this review. Within the content analysis, as a part of this review, we focus on existing conceptual models and frameworks for integration of BIM and the Last Planner® System and reveal their shortcomings. Eventually, we will propose a new conceptual model.

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Christoph Paul Schimanski; Carmen Marcher; Gabriele Pasetti Monizza; Dominik T. Matt. The Last Planner® System and Building Information Modeling in Construction Execution: From an Integrative Review to a Conceptual Model for Integration. Applied Sciences 2020, 10, 821 .

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Christoph Paul Schimanski, Carmen Marcher, Gabriele Pasetti Monizza, Dominik T. Matt. The Last Planner® System and Building Information Modeling in Construction Execution: From an Integrative Review to a Conceptual Model for Integration. Applied Sciences. 2020; 10 (3):821.

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Christoph Paul Schimanski; Carmen Marcher; Gabriele Pasetti Monizza; Dominik T. Matt. 2020. "The Last Planner® System and Building Information Modeling in Construction Execution: From an Integrative Review to a Conceptual Model for Integration." Applied Sciences 10, no. 3: 821.

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Published: 03 January 2020 in Industry 4.0 for SMEs
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SME manufacturers face the challenge of implementing smart and highly adaptable manufacturing systems to produce individual products at the lowest price and with the shortest lead time. This chapter shows an approach based on an explorative field study combined with Axiomatic Design theory to collect the specific requirements of SMEs introducing Industry 4.0 in their production. Customer/user needs for the design of smart and adaptable SME manufacturing systems are transferred into functional requirements. These functional requirements are then used to define a set of design parameters and guidelines, which are addressed to support practitioners from industry in the implementation of smart manufacturing systems. These guidelines help system designers to improve their design at an early stage before making costly decisions and to reduce complexity to a minimum.

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Erwin Rauch; Andrew R. Vickery; Christopher A. Brown; Dominik T. Matt. SME Requirements and Guidelines for the Design of Smart and Highly Adaptable Manufacturing Systems. Industry 4.0 for SMEs 2020, 39 -72.

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Erwin Rauch, Andrew R. Vickery, Christopher A. Brown, Dominik T. Matt. SME Requirements and Guidelines for the Design of Smart and Highly Adaptable Manufacturing Systems. Industry 4.0 for SMEs. 2020; ():39-72.

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Erwin Rauch; Andrew R. Vickery; Christopher A. Brown; Dominik T. Matt. 2020. "SME Requirements and Guidelines for the Design of Smart and Highly Adaptable Manufacturing Systems." Industry 4.0 for SMEs , no. : 39-72.

Journal article
Published: 01 January 2020 in International Journal of Services and Operations Management
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The hospitality industry is under constant pressure to optimise internal processes, while at the same time extending services to the customer. The purpose of this study is to outline the potential of lean management as a successful approach to increase efficiency and productivity in operational processes in the hospitality industry. We demonstrate that the proven potential of lean methods in fields like manufacturing can be successfully transferred to the needs of the hospitality industry. As a result, the research shows a selection of lean methods which are particularly suitable for application in the hotel sector. This study is based on a real case study in order to test the practical application of lean methods in hospitality. Our research contributes to process optimisation in hospitality and can be directly implemented by practitioners. Further it provides future directions in the transformation of lean methods through digitisation.

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Erwin Rauch; Dominik T. Matt; Christian Linder. Lean management in hospitality: methods, applications and future directions. International Journal of Services and Operations Management 2020, 36, 303 .

AMA Style

Erwin Rauch, Dominik T. Matt, Christian Linder. Lean management in hospitality: methods, applications and future directions. International Journal of Services and Operations Management. 2020; 36 (3):303.

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Erwin Rauch; Dominik T. Matt; Christian Linder. 2020. "Lean management in hospitality: methods, applications and future directions." International Journal of Services and Operations Management 36, no. 3: 303.