Industry Voices on Software Engineering Challenges in Cyber-Physical Production Systems Engineering
Paper in proceeding, 2022
Cyber-Physical Production Systems (CPPSs) are envisioned as next-generation adaptive production systems combining modern production techniques with the latest information technology. A CPPS creates a complex environment between different domains (mechanical, electrical, software engineering), requiring multidisciplinary solutions to tackle growing complexity issues and reduce (maintenance) effort. Software plays an increasingly important role in assuring an effective and efficient operation of CPPSs. However, software engineering methods applied for CPPSs seem to lag behind modern software engineering methods, where tremendous progress has been made in the last years. We initiated the Software Engineering in Cyber-Physical Production Systems Workshop (SECPPS-WS) to analyze and overcome this gap. After two instances with mostly academic participants, we conducted a full-day workshop with nine industry representatives from eight companies that develop and maintain CPPSs. Each industry representative presented their current work and challenges. We collected these challenges and condensed a categorized list of challenges backed by industry statements and literature. This paper presents the resulting list and pointers to (partial) solutions to offer guidance for academia and identify promising research opportunities in this area.
Research Challenges
Digital Transformation
CPPS Engineering
Author
Kevin Feichtinger
Johannes Kepler University of Linz (JKU)
Kristof Meixner
Vienna University of Technology
Felix Rinker
Vienna University of Technology
Istvan Koren
RWTH Aachen University
Holger Eichelberger
University of Hildesheim
Tonja Heinemann
University of Stuttgart
Jörg Holtmann
University of Gothenburg
Chalmers, Computer Science and Engineering (Chalmers), Interaction Design and Software Engineering
Marco Konersmann
University of Koblenz and Landau
Judith Michael
RWTH Aachen University
Eva Maria Neumann
Technical University of Munich
Jerome Pfeiffer
University of Stuttgart
Rick Rabiser
Johannes Kepler University of Linz (JKU)
Matthias Riebisch
University of Hamburg
Klaus Schmid
University of Hildesheim
IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, ETFA
19460740 (ISSN) 19460759 (eISSN)
Vol. 2022-September9781665499965 (ISBN)
27th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, ETFA 2022
Stuttgart, Germany,
Stuttgart, Germany,
Subject Categories (SSIF 2025)
Software Engineering
DOI
10.1109/ETFA52439.2022.9921568