Key is the increase of adaptivity and transparency of distributed production resources in manufacturing ecosystems through the telecommunications standard 5G with focus on cloud-based control of factory automation, adaptive systems and the deployment of new services in the field of logistics, production and quality assurance. The trend of increasing adaptivity in production plants has led to introduce Plug & Produce capability for modular equipment. Using deterministic wireless telecommunications standards, the effort of commissioning individual components and production cells will be reduced to connecting to the power supply only. Connectivity to the cloud then supports function and configuration of cells by their digital twins. This connectivity facilitates the order-dynamic setup of production ressources within or even beyond plant limits giving rise to adaptive digital factories, addressed in this 5G technology scenario.