Challenges in Data Life Cycle Management for Sustainable Cyber-Physical Production Systems

Abstract

Rapid technological advances present new opportunities to use industrial Big Data to monitor and improve performance more systematically and more holistically. The on-going fourth industrial revolution, aka Industrie 4.0, holds the promise to support the implementation of sustainability principles in manufacturing. However, much of these opportunities are missed as social and environmental performance are still largely considered as an afterthought or add-on to business as usual. This paper reviews existing data life cycle models and discusses their usefulness for sustainable manufacturing performance management. Finally, we suggest possible directions for further research to promote more sustainable cyber-physical production systems.