Energieinformationssystemarchitektur für produzierende Unternehmen

Germany’s high-tech strategy is their trajectory for becoming an international innovation leader. Information and communications systems are playing a major role as initiators and drivers of innovation. Due to the impact of automation and data exchange in manufacturing technologies known as Industry 4.0 a revolutionary development started in manufacturing production. However, cost-effective availability of high processing power, data storage capacity as well as broadband technologies (Industrial Ethernet and 5G) offer a potential for innovation due to the possibilities of ubiquitous computing. There is at least a theoretical solution that the Industry 4.0 provides for manufacturing companies faced with the challenges of the energy policy revolution. Hence, a successful energy policy turnaround is closely linked to the Industry 4.0 success. Therefore, the main argument of this paper describes the need to increase production in an energy efficient way by providing support of IT systems. This dissertation aims to establish a scientific and methodical framework for a better current scientific discussion as well as providing an energy information system that can be applied in manufacturing companies for an integrated energy management. To achieve the objective this dissertation has been based on iterative research done on operational processes with explicit contribution of industry and scientific experts. The result describes a three layered consecutive partial model. The regulatory production and management framework is extended by Energy management which results in a descriptive and terminology frame of reference. The intention is to illuminate these connectional relationships of the fundamental elements. The DIN SPEC 93127:2015 serves a company-wide reference architecture for an energy information system, including an information logistics concept. It has been awarded with the DIN Innovation Prize in 2016 and provides basic elements and a foundation of the actually energy information system reference architecture model (RAMEnIS). To design company specific energy information systems this dissertation describes the implementation of the developed partial models in manufacturing companies’ production. The insights acquired through this dissertation contributes to the general scientific progress and as a result, the architecture framework described supports companies at the interface of Industry 4.0 and the Electricity Market 2.0