Berlin, 20 April 2016. On the occasion of the Hannover Messe 2016 trade fair, German industrial associations and standardization organisations are establishing the “Standardization Council Industrie 4.0”. In addition to coordinating standards, the “Standardization Council Industrie 4.0” will defend its interests before international consortia and organises and design the German standardisation roadmap Industry 4.0. Furthermore, it will define the need for new projects and organise international implementation.
The founding of the Council has been welcomed across different sectors, since the Internet of Things requires rules and structures which overcome the still existing barriers between the sectors of electrical technology, engineering and IT. This is precisely where the new standardization initiative comes in, in order to foster consistent standardization. This forward-thinking and practice-oriented perspective of the “Standardization Council Industrie 4.0” makes it a unique institution.
The “Standardization Council Industrie 4.0” was founded by the Federal Association for Information Technology, Telecommunications and New Media (Bitkom), the German Institute for Standardization (DIN), the German Commission for Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Information Technology (DKE), the German Mechanical and Plant Engineering Association (VDMA) as well as the Central Association of the Electrical Engineering and Electronics Industry (ZVEI).
Plattform Industrie 4.0 providing the impulse for the Standardization Council
The “Standardization Council Industrie 4.0” emerged from Plattform Industrie 4.0 (www.plattform-i40.de). Plattform Industrie 4.0 is a coordinated network for designing the digital transformation in production. In order to do this, it elaborates action recommendations for politics and companies, among other things. This includes developing and anchoring standards in order to harmonize them nationally and internationally. The Council acts independently from the platform and its organisational home is the DKE.
Plattform Industrie 4.0, Labs Network Industrie 4.0 and Standardization Council act together
Standards are essential when it comes to quickly implement Industry 4.0 solutions in practice. The central basis for internationally harmonized and open standardization is the “Reference Architecture Model Industry 4.0 – RAMI 4.0”, which was developed within Plattform Industrie 4.0 by the working group “Reference architectures, standards and norms” and has been greeted with great international interest. The working group will also continue to be involved in the Council’s work.
Furthermore, the newly founded “Standardization Council Industrie 4.0” supports practical trials in teste centres. In close cooperation with the association “Labs Network Industrie 4.0” (www.lni40.de), which has been newly created by Platt-form Industrie 4.0 actors, new Industry 4.0 solutions and the standards applied to them can be tested. Via the Council, the results will in turn flow straight back into further developing standards at national and international level. The entire process is designed so as to promote the heavy involvement of medium-sized companies in the work on standardization.
So far, this concerted approach is globally unique and contributes to strengthening the competitiveness of German companies in the area of Industry 4.0. It has the potential to become a blueprint for other cross-sector areas of technology.
Kontakt Standardization Council Industrie 4.0
Michael Teigeler
Geschäftsführer / Managing Director
DKE German Commission for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies of DIN and VDE
Telefon: +49 69 6308 250
E-Mail: contact@sci40.com
Internet: www.vde.com/en
Contact Plattform Industrie 4.0 office
Henning Banthien
Head of office Plattform Industrie 4.0
h.banthien@plattform-i40.de
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