Product Configuration Automation: Digital Transformation Platform and Case Study

Alexander Smirnov, Alexey Kashevnik, Nikolay Shilov, Nikolay Teslya, Mikhail Petrov, Mario Sinko, Jens Arneving, Michael Humpf, Thorsten Kolmer

2022

Abstract

The paper discusses more than 10-year experience in product configuration automation based on number of joint projects between an academic institution and an industrial partner. During the last years, the research and development in the era of digital transformation has enabled a shift from conventional company business processes to digital business processes. In the paper we present several business processes that have been successfully automated what in turn has significantly decreased the product configuration time as well as errors caused by the human factor. The following business processes are covered: identcode (product code) related procurement, product segmentation, delivery class specification, supply chain & production management; online & offline sales, and customer guidance. We present the developed platform to support these business processes that consists of 10 workflows. We have integrated the developed workflows to the company production processes and show that business process execution time in average has decreased by 2 times and for some processes by more than 10 times. At the moment, the developed platform is being successfully used by the company.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Smirnov A., Kashevnik A., Shilov N., Teslya N., Petrov M., Sinko M., Arneving J., Humpf M. and Kolmer T. (2022). Product Configuration Automation: Digital Transformation Platform and Case Study. In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Innovative Intelligent Industrial Production and Logistics - Volume 1: IN4PL, ISBN 978-989-758-612-5, pages 115-122. DOI: 10.5220/0011524100003329

in Bibtex Style

@conference{in4pl22,
author={Alexander Smirnov and Alexey Kashevnik and Nikolay Shilov and Nikolay Teslya and Mikhail Petrov and Mario Sinko and Jens Arneving and Michael Humpf and Thorsten Kolmer},
title={Product Configuration Automation: Digital Transformation Platform and Case Study},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Innovative Intelligent Industrial Production and Logistics - Volume 1: IN4PL,},
year={2022},
pages={115-122},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0011524100003329},
isbn={978-989-758-612-5},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Innovative Intelligent Industrial Production and Logistics - Volume 1: IN4PL,
TI - Product Configuration Automation: Digital Transformation Platform and Case Study
SN - 978-989-758-612-5
AU - Smirnov A.
AU - Kashevnik A.
AU - Shilov N.
AU - Teslya N.
AU - Petrov M.
AU - Sinko M.
AU - Arneving J.
AU - Humpf M.
AU - Kolmer T.
PY - 2022
SP - 115
EP - 122
DO - 10.5220/0011524100003329