When Operation Technology Meets Information Technology: Challenges and Opportunities

Davide Berardi, Franco Callegati, Andrea Giovine, Andrea Melis (), Marco Prandini and Lorenzo Rinieri
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Davide Berardi: Department of Computer Science and Engineering (DISI), Alma Mater Studiorum—Università di Bologna, 40136 Bologna, Italy
Franco Callegati: Department of Computer Science and Engineering (DISI), Alma Mater Studiorum—Università di Bologna, 40136 Bologna, Italy
Andrea Giovine: Department of Computer Science and Engineering (DISI), Alma Mater Studiorum—Università di Bologna, 40136 Bologna, Italy
Andrea Melis: Department of Computer Science and Engineering (DISI), Alma Mater Studiorum—Università di Bologna, 40136 Bologna, Italy
Marco Prandini: Department of Computer Science and Engineering (DISI), Alma Mater Studiorum—Università di Bologna, 40136 Bologna, Italy
Lorenzo Rinieri: Department of Computer Science and Engineering (DISI), Alma Mater Studiorum—Università di Bologna, 40136 Bologna, Italy

Future Internet, 2023, vol. 15, issue 3, 1-16

Abstract: Industry 4.0 has revolutionized process innovation while facilitating and encouraging many new possibilities. The objective of Industry 4.0 is the radical enhancement of productivity, a goal that presupposes the integration of Operational Technology (OT) networks with Information Technology (IT) networks, which were hitherto isolated. This disruptive approach is enabled by adopting several emerging technologies in Enterprise processes. In this manuscript, we discuss what we believe to be one of the main challenges preventing the full employment of Industry 4.0, namely, the integration of Operation Technology networking and Information Technology networking. We discuss the technical challenges alongside the potential tools while providing a state-of-the-art use case scenario. We showcase a possible solution based on the Asset Administration Shell approach, referring to the use case of camera synchronization for collaborative tasks.

Keywords: TSN; ULL; Basyx; AAS; PTP; Industry 4.0; OPC UA; middleware; OT networks (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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