Supporting Linked Engineering Data Management of Smart Product Systems Through Semantic Platform Services

The increasing industrial relevance of connected smart product systems, enhanced individualized customer requirements, regulatory boundary conditions as well as advanced value networks and volatile international markets determine a new level of engineering complexity. Current engineering processes are enabled by a large number of IT applications, which are partially orchestrated by product lifecycle management solutions. Considering the dramatically increasing complexity, the IT applications are often not adequately connected as a whole, leading to interruptions in the process chains and finally resulting in quality problems, time expenditure, and additional costs.