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Inaugural issue
Journal of Industrial Information Integration 1 (2016) 1–2
Contents lists available at ScienceDirect
Journal of Industrial Information Integration journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/jii
Editorial
Inaugural issue
Welcome to a new and exciting international journal focused on Industrial Information Integration in the current transformation of Industrialization and Informatization. During the first decade of the new millennium, the impact of ICT (Information and Communication Technology) on industry was immense. ICT affects industrial processes and production in an unprecedented way. As time passed, Industrial Integration emerged as an outcropping of the foundation created during the new era of ICT. Due to the strategic importance of the subject, multiple stakeholders have increased their demand for research on Industrial Information Integration to provide insights on issues, challenges, and solutions related to industrial integration. The research on Industrial Information Integration has significant grounding in industry and literature. “If we had a look at the industrial developments that took place in the 20th century, the first half could be said to be hardware dominated in the sense that the improvements in productivity and product quality were mostly due to improvements in ‘the hardware.’ The operational speed and the accuracy of the industrial machinery steadily increased, mostly due to the improvements in the precision of the mechanical parts. Along the same lines, the early second half could be said to be software dominated. It was the software used in microprocessor based control systems that enabled a production line to operate faster and more accurately. Even the improvements in industrial machinery (the hardware) were due to the possibilities offered by Computer-Aided Design and Manufacturing. The era of industrial electronics got started around this period, industrial automation in the form of mechanical controls and switches, slowly giving way to electronic controls and signal processing. The last few decades of the century, on the other hand, are characterized by the fusion of different technologies, the first example of which may be (going back almost to the start of the century) electromechanics, then optoelectronics, then mechatronics, then telematics, then bioinformatics, and so on. As a result of this, the boundaries between industrial sectors and academic disciplines have eroded very rapidly. In the new millennium, it is very difficult to put clear boundaries between industrial sectors, between products and services, between producers and users, between IT, communications, media, consumer electronics and even between IT and non-IT industries” [7]. Kaynak [7] also discussed the exhilarating journey from industrial electronics to industrial informatics. He wrote “The area of industrial automation and control has had its share of the changes too. It is easy to see how dominant IT has become in industrial electronics if one considers the changes in time spent by an engineer in designing a controlled drive system”: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jii.2016.04.001 S2452-414X(16)30011-5/© 2016 Published by Elsevier Inc.
Percentage of time spent Before the 1960s
80%
After the 1960s After the 1980s
80% 80%
Current day
90%
Task/Activity Designing a control system with mechanical switches Designing power electronics converters Designing digital hardware and software Software and IT [7]
Following Industrial Information Integration Engineering’s initial proposal in 2005 [12–14], awareness for industrial integration and Industrial Information Integration has steadily increased. In 2007 during a European Seminar held in Zurich, a session dedicated to “Industrial Integration of ICT” explored the industrial integration of ICT in the manufacturing sector [1]. In 2008, Fujitsu of Japan challenged the industrialization of IT based on three core technologies: virtualization, automation, and integration [15]. Kopar indicates that information integration become a real challenge, even in organizations such as NATO who normally handle large amounts of information [8]. Hua et al. [5] and Liang et al. [10] studied the key role played by information integration in industrial information integration; simultaneously, Zajac and Chwajol [17] studied information integration in manufacturing systems. At the same time, Estevez and Marcos [4] emphasized the integration of tools in engineering process. In 2010, Zuge et al. [18] emphasized the significance of integrating IT with automation technology in information integration. During the same year, Huang defined the importance of integration in industrialization and informatization [6]. In 2011, Abramovici and Filos [1] indicated that emerging ICTs are expected to drive innovations in information processes across the product lifecycle as well as new industrial business models. In 2012, Alexandru-Cristian [2] described a real case of methodologies paired with hardware and software systems used to transform electrical signals to information. Castillo and Rosario [3] proposed a generic supervisory and command architecture in which technology and industrial devices were integrated in a single platform. Examples of the aforementioned devices include programmable logic controllers, sensors, actuators, image processing, supervisory systems, and robotic manipulation devices. Li et al. [9] discussed equipment integration for agricultural applications. Narayanan and Haralur [11] proposed the seamless integration of network devices. In 2015, Yue et al. [16] indicated that the development of industrialization and ICT has deeply changed our way of life; in particular, with the emergence of Industry 4.0, the integration of cloud technologies and industrial cyber-physical systems (ICPS) will become
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increasingly important. Also in 2015, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China launched the China Manufacturing 2025 Plan. This 10-year action plan calls for increasing integration of industrialization and information technology. Nine tasks have been identified as priorities, one of them is integrating Information Technology and Industry. There exists a clear need to allow both academicians and practitioners to communicate and publish their research outcomes on Industrial Information Integration. Elsevier BV, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical, and medical information products and services, recognized this need and partnered with the industrial and academic communities in 2016 to launch an international science and engineering publication entitled Journal of Industrial Information Integration exclusively devoted to the topic of Industrial Information Integration. The Journal of Industrial Information Integration is a refereed research journal reporting Industrial Information Integration research. It is specifically created to provide researchers with a peerreviewed, indexed, and internationally-accessible publication outlet for their work. Additionally, the journal provides an Industry Forum to expand the growing dialogue among researchers and practitioners world-wide to share their research results and applications. The Journal of Industrial Information Integration focuses on the industry’s transition towards industrial integration and informatization. Such transitions encompass not only hardware and software, but also information integration itself. This journal aims to promote and communicate advances in industrial information integration in order to provide insights into challenges, issues, and solutions related to industrial integration and industrial informatization through an interdisciplinary forum for researchers, practitioners, and policy makers. The Journal of Industrial Information Integration welcomes papers on the foundational, technical, and practical aspects of industrial information integration, while also welcoming the complex and cross-disciplinary topics of industrial information integration that arise in industrial integration. Techniques developed in mathematical science, computer science, computer engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, manufacturing engineering, and engineering management used in industrial integration and industrial informatization are integral to this journal. Occasionally the journal may publish white papers on policies, standards, and best practices regarding industrial information integration, industrial integration, industrial informatization, and industrial informatics. With this issue, we are inaugurating a new quarterly journal to report on the advances that are occurring in an accelerating fashion within Industrial Information Integration. This inaugural issue presents four papers. Each paper emphasizes the importance of Industrial Information Integration in a different way. Industrial information integration engineering is an emerging subject. Journal of Industrial Information Integration will provide a venue in which Industrial Information Integration researchers will find the cutting edge information on this strategically valuable emerging subject. Top scholars from the world’s premier research institutions such as Stanford University, University of Chicago, Oxford University, Tsinghua University, Canadian Academy of Science, Canadian Academy of Engineering, Royal Academy of Engineering
of UK, Russian Academy of Engineering, and the Chinese Academy of Engineering, to name a few, have joined our advisory or editorial board. We expect our distinguished international advisory board, editorial team, and active supporters of a number of professional associations to bring this objective to realization. We cordially invite authors world-wide to submit their research papers, doctoral dissertations, technical notes, reviews, and Industry Forum articles. References [1] M. Abramovici, E. Filos, Industrial integration of ICT: opportunities for international research cooperation under the IMS scheme, J. Intell. Manuf. 22 (5) (2011) 717–724. [2] M. Alexandru-Cristian, Sensors: The road from signal to information, in: P Schiopu (Ed.), Advanced Topics in Optoelectronics, Microelectronics, and Nanotechnologies VI Proceedings of SPIE, 8411, 2012. [3] R. Castillo, J. Rosario, Supervision and command architecture for automation and robotics platform, in: Proceedings of 2012 IEEE Ninth Electronics, Robotics and Automotive Mechanics Conference, 2012, pp. 95–102. [4] E. Estevez, M. Marcos, An approach to use model driven design in industrial automation, in: Proceedings of 2008 IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, 2008, pp. 62–65. [5] J. Hua, H. Sun, L. Liang, Z. Lei, The research of manufacturing execution system modeling based on colored Petri nets, in: Proceedings of 2008 2nd International Symposium on Systems and Control in Aerospace and Astronautics, vol. 1–2, 2008, pp. 1163–1166. [6] J. Huang, Research on information industry innovation model under the background of integration of industrialization and informatization, in: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Innovation and Management, 2010, pp. 588–592. [7] O. Kaynak, The exhilarating journey from industrial electronics to industrial informatics, IEEE Trans. Ind. Inform. 1 (2) (2005) 73. [8] A. Kopar, Role of geospatial information and geospatial information application software systems for security, in: H. Coskun, H. Cigizoglu, M Maktav (Eds.), Integration of Information for Environmental Security, 2008, pp. 229–243. [9] J. Li, C. Ma, J. Wang, Agricultural products quality safety supervision information technology selection and evaluation, Adv. Mater. Res. 550–553 (2012) 1952–1958. [10] T. Liang, Q. Li, J. Hua, The modeling analysis of manufacturing execution system based upon colored Petri nets, in: Proceedings of 2008 International Symposium on Intelligent Information Technology Application Workshop IITA 2008 Workshop, 2008, pp. 1093–1096. [11] A. Narayanan, G. Haralur, New melt-processable thermoplastic polyimides for opto-electronic applications, in: D. Krevor, W. Beich, M. Schaub, S Baumer (Eds.), Polymer Optics and Molded Glass Optics: Design, Fabrication, and Materials II, Proceedings of SPIE, vol. 8489, 2012. [12] M. Raffai, New working group in IFIP TC8 Information Systems Committee: WG 8.9 working group on enterprise information systems, SEFBIS J. 2 (2007) 4–8. [13] Roode, D. 2005. IFIP general assembly September 2005 Gaborone, Botswana Report from Technical Committee 8 (Information Systems), August 27, 2005. [14] L. Xu, Engineering informatics: state of the art and future trends, Front. Eng. Manag. 1 (3) (2014) 276–288. [15] C. Sagawa, G. Mitsuhama, Industrialized IT “Triole” toward datacenter optimization, Fujitsu Sci. Tech. J. 44 (1) (2008) 3–8. [16] X. Yue, H. Cai, H. Yan, C. Zou, K. Zhou, Cloud-assisted industrial cyber-physical systems: an insight, Microprocess. Microsyst. 39 (8) (2015) 1262–1270. [17] J. Zajac, G. Chwajol, Towards agent-based manufacturing systems, in: Annals of DAAAM for 2008 and Proceedings of the 19th International DAAAM Symposium, 2008, pp. 1541–1542. [18] Y. Zuge, S. Pereira, E. Dias, Enablers and inhibitors of integration between IT and AT, in: Proceedings of the 9th WSEAS International Conference on Signal Processing, Robotics and Automation, 2010, pp. 185–191.
Li D. Xu Editor-in-Chief
Contents lists available at ScienceDirect
Journal of Industrial Information Integration journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/jii
Editorial
Inaugural issue
Welcome to a new and exciting international journal focused on Industrial Information Integration in the current transformation of Industrialization and Informatization. During the first decade of the new millennium, the impact of ICT (Information and Communication Technology) on industry was immense. ICT affects industrial processes and production in an unprecedented way. As time passed, Industrial Integration emerged as an outcropping of the foundation created during the new era of ICT. Due to the strategic importance of the subject, multiple stakeholders have increased their demand for research on Industrial Information Integration to provide insights on issues, challenges, and solutions related to industrial integration. The research on Industrial Information Integration has significant grounding in industry and literature. “If we had a look at the industrial developments that took place in the 20th century, the first half could be said to be hardware dominated in the sense that the improvements in productivity and product quality were mostly due to improvements in ‘the hardware.’ The operational speed and the accuracy of the industrial machinery steadily increased, mostly due to the improvements in the precision of the mechanical parts. Along the same lines, the early second half could be said to be software dominated. It was the software used in microprocessor based control systems that enabled a production line to operate faster and more accurately. Even the improvements in industrial machinery (the hardware) were due to the possibilities offered by Computer-Aided Design and Manufacturing. The era of industrial electronics got started around this period, industrial automation in the form of mechanical controls and switches, slowly giving way to electronic controls and signal processing. The last few decades of the century, on the other hand, are characterized by the fusion of different technologies, the first example of which may be (going back almost to the start of the century) electromechanics, then optoelectronics, then mechatronics, then telematics, then bioinformatics, and so on. As a result of this, the boundaries between industrial sectors and academic disciplines have eroded very rapidly. In the new millennium, it is very difficult to put clear boundaries between industrial sectors, between products and services, between producers and users, between IT, communications, media, consumer electronics and even between IT and non-IT industries” [7]. Kaynak [7] also discussed the exhilarating journey from industrial electronics to industrial informatics. He wrote “The area of industrial automation and control has had its share of the changes too. It is easy to see how dominant IT has become in industrial electronics if one considers the changes in time spent by an engineer in designing a controlled drive system”: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jii.2016.04.001 S2452-414X(16)30011-5/© 2016 Published by Elsevier Inc.
Percentage of time spent Before the 1960s
80%
After the 1960s After the 1980s
80% 80%
Current day
90%
Task/Activity Designing a control system with mechanical switches Designing power electronics converters Designing digital hardware and software Software and IT [7]
Following Industrial Information Integration Engineering’s initial proposal in 2005 [12–14], awareness for industrial integration and Industrial Information Integration has steadily increased. In 2007 during a European Seminar held in Zurich, a session dedicated to “Industrial Integration of ICT” explored the industrial integration of ICT in the manufacturing sector [1]. In 2008, Fujitsu of Japan challenged the industrialization of IT based on three core technologies: virtualization, automation, and integration [15]. Kopar indicates that information integration become a real challenge, even in organizations such as NATO who normally handle large amounts of information [8]. Hua et al. [5] and Liang et al. [10] studied the key role played by information integration in industrial information integration; simultaneously, Zajac and Chwajol [17] studied information integration in manufacturing systems. At the same time, Estevez and Marcos [4] emphasized the integration of tools in engineering process. In 2010, Zuge et al. [18] emphasized the significance of integrating IT with automation technology in information integration. During the same year, Huang defined the importance of integration in industrialization and informatization [6]. In 2011, Abramovici and Filos [1] indicated that emerging ICTs are expected to drive innovations in information processes across the product lifecycle as well as new industrial business models. In 2012, Alexandru-Cristian [2] described a real case of methodologies paired with hardware and software systems used to transform electrical signals to information. Castillo and Rosario [3] proposed a generic supervisory and command architecture in which technology and industrial devices were integrated in a single platform. Examples of the aforementioned devices include programmable logic controllers, sensors, actuators, image processing, supervisory systems, and robotic manipulation devices. Li et al. [9] discussed equipment integration for agricultural applications. Narayanan and Haralur [11] proposed the seamless integration of network devices. In 2015, Yue et al. [16] indicated that the development of industrialization and ICT has deeply changed our way of life; in particular, with the emergence of Industry 4.0, the integration of cloud technologies and industrial cyber-physical systems (ICPS) will become
2
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increasingly important. Also in 2015, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China launched the China Manufacturing 2025 Plan. This 10-year action plan calls for increasing integration of industrialization and information technology. Nine tasks have been identified as priorities, one of them is integrating Information Technology and Industry. There exists a clear need to allow both academicians and practitioners to communicate and publish their research outcomes on Industrial Information Integration. Elsevier BV, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical, and medical information products and services, recognized this need and partnered with the industrial and academic communities in 2016 to launch an international science and engineering publication entitled Journal of Industrial Information Integration exclusively devoted to the topic of Industrial Information Integration. The Journal of Industrial Information Integration is a refereed research journal reporting Industrial Information Integration research. It is specifically created to provide researchers with a peerreviewed, indexed, and internationally-accessible publication outlet for their work. Additionally, the journal provides an Industry Forum to expand the growing dialogue among researchers and practitioners world-wide to share their research results and applications. The Journal of Industrial Information Integration focuses on the industry’s transition towards industrial integration and informatization. Such transitions encompass not only hardware and software, but also information integration itself. This journal aims to promote and communicate advances in industrial information integration in order to provide insights into challenges, issues, and solutions related to industrial integration and industrial informatization through an interdisciplinary forum for researchers, practitioners, and policy makers. The Journal of Industrial Information Integration welcomes papers on the foundational, technical, and practical aspects of industrial information integration, while also welcoming the complex and cross-disciplinary topics of industrial information integration that arise in industrial integration. Techniques developed in mathematical science, computer science, computer engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, manufacturing engineering, and engineering management used in industrial integration and industrial informatization are integral to this journal. Occasionally the journal may publish white papers on policies, standards, and best practices regarding industrial information integration, industrial integration, industrial informatization, and industrial informatics. With this issue, we are inaugurating a new quarterly journal to report on the advances that are occurring in an accelerating fashion within Industrial Information Integration. This inaugural issue presents four papers. Each paper emphasizes the importance of Industrial Information Integration in a different way. Industrial information integration engineering is an emerging subject. Journal of Industrial Information Integration will provide a venue in which Industrial Information Integration researchers will find the cutting edge information on this strategically valuable emerging subject. Top scholars from the world’s premier research institutions such as Stanford University, University of Chicago, Oxford University, Tsinghua University, Canadian Academy of Science, Canadian Academy of Engineering, Royal Academy of Engineering
of UK, Russian Academy of Engineering, and the Chinese Academy of Engineering, to name a few, have joined our advisory or editorial board. We expect our distinguished international advisory board, editorial team, and active supporters of a number of professional associations to bring this objective to realization. We cordially invite authors world-wide to submit their research papers, doctoral dissertations, technical notes, reviews, and Industry Forum articles. References [1] M. Abramovici, E. Filos, Industrial integration of ICT: opportunities for international research cooperation under the IMS scheme, J. Intell. Manuf. 22 (5) (2011) 717–724. [2] M. Alexandru-Cristian, Sensors: The road from signal to information, in: P Schiopu (Ed.), Advanced Topics in Optoelectronics, Microelectronics, and Nanotechnologies VI Proceedings of SPIE, 8411, 2012. [3] R. Castillo, J. Rosario, Supervision and command architecture for automation and robotics platform, in: Proceedings of 2012 IEEE Ninth Electronics, Robotics and Automotive Mechanics Conference, 2012, pp. 95–102. [4] E. Estevez, M. Marcos, An approach to use model driven design in industrial automation, in: Proceedings of 2008 IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, 2008, pp. 62–65. [5] J. Hua, H. Sun, L. Liang, Z. Lei, The research of manufacturing execution system modeling based on colored Petri nets, in: Proceedings of 2008 2nd International Symposium on Systems and Control in Aerospace and Astronautics, vol. 1–2, 2008, pp. 1163–1166. [6] J. Huang, Research on information industry innovation model under the background of integration of industrialization and informatization, in: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Innovation and Management, 2010, pp. 588–592. [7] O. Kaynak, The exhilarating journey from industrial electronics to industrial informatics, IEEE Trans. Ind. Inform. 1 (2) (2005) 73. [8] A. Kopar, Role of geospatial information and geospatial information application software systems for security, in: H. Coskun, H. Cigizoglu, M Maktav (Eds.), Integration of Information for Environmental Security, 2008, pp. 229–243. [9] J. Li, C. Ma, J. Wang, Agricultural products quality safety supervision information technology selection and evaluation, Adv. Mater. Res. 550–553 (2012) 1952–1958. [10] T. Liang, Q. Li, J. Hua, The modeling analysis of manufacturing execution system based upon colored Petri nets, in: Proceedings of 2008 International Symposium on Intelligent Information Technology Application Workshop IITA 2008 Workshop, 2008, pp. 1093–1096. [11] A. Narayanan, G. Haralur, New melt-processable thermoplastic polyimides for opto-electronic applications, in: D. Krevor, W. Beich, M. Schaub, S Baumer (Eds.), Polymer Optics and Molded Glass Optics: Design, Fabrication, and Materials II, Proceedings of SPIE, vol. 8489, 2012. [12] M. Raffai, New working group in IFIP TC8 Information Systems Committee: WG 8.9 working group on enterprise information systems, SEFBIS J. 2 (2007) 4–8. [13] Roode, D. 2005. IFIP general assembly September 2005 Gaborone, Botswana Report from Technical Committee 8 (Information Systems), August 27, 2005. [14] L. Xu, Engineering informatics: state of the art and future trends, Front. Eng. Manag. 1 (3) (2014) 276–288. [15] C. Sagawa, G. Mitsuhama, Industrialized IT “Triole” toward datacenter optimization, Fujitsu Sci. Tech. J. 44 (1) (2008) 3–8. [16] X. Yue, H. Cai, H. Yan, C. Zou, K. Zhou, Cloud-assisted industrial cyber-physical systems: an insight, Microprocess. Microsyst. 39 (8) (2015) 1262–1270. [17] J. Zajac, G. Chwajol, Towards agent-based manufacturing systems, in: Annals of DAAAM for 2008 and Proceedings of the 19th International DAAAM Symposium, 2008, pp. 1541–1542. [18] Y. Zuge, S. Pereira, E. Dias, Enablers and inhibitors of integration between IT and AT, in: Proceedings of the 9th WSEAS International Conference on Signal Processing, Robotics and Automation, 2010, pp. 185–191.
Li D. Xu Editor-in-Chief