German Institutes for Textile and Fiber Research Denkendorf

Center for Management Research

The New Revolution in

Textiles and Fashion Manufacturing:
Industry 4.0 and its Implications
Industrial Technologies 2016: Creating a Smart Europe
23 June 2016, Amsterdam

Director: Prof. Dr. rer. pol., Dipl.-Ing. Meike Tilebein

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Agenda: The New Revolution in Textiles and
Fashion Manufacturing

 German Institutes of Textile and Fiber Research

 Industry 4.0: A New Industrial Era

 Paving the Way to Textile 4.0: Examples

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Europe‘s largest Textile Research Center

German Institutes for Textile and Fiber Research Denkendorf (DITF)

1 Institute for Textile Chemistry and Chemical Fibers

2 Institute of Textile Technology and Process Engineering
3 Center for Management Research
4 ITV Denkendorf Product Service GmbH

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The Fourth Industrial Revolution

 Individualized customer-specific (hybrid) products

 Dynamic processes, highly flexible production
 Profitable small-series production up to lot-size 1
 Demographic change and work-life balance
 Resource productivity and efficiency
 New ways of creating value
 New business models

http://www.bmbf.de/en/19955.php; http://www.bmbf.de/pubRD/Umsetzungsempfehlungen_Industrie4_0.pdf

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The Fourth Industrial Revolution

 Individualized customer-specific (hybrid) products

 Dynamic processes, highly flexible production
 Profitable small-series production up to lot-size 1
 Demographic change and work-life balance
 Resource productivity and efficiency
 New ways of creating value
 New business models

http://www.bmbf.de/en/19955.php; http://www.bmbf.de/pubRD/Umsetzungsempfehlungen_Industrie4_0.pdf

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E-Business with Made-To-Measure Shirts

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The Fourth Industrial Revolution

 Individualized customer-specific (hybrid) products

 Dynamic processes, highly flexible production
 Profitable small-series production up to lot-size 1
 Demographic change and work-life balance
 Resource productivity and efficiency
 New ways of creating value
 New business models

http://www.bmbf.de/en/19955.php; http://www.bmbf.de/pubRD/Umsetzungsempfehlungen_Industrie4_0.pdf

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End-To-End Digital Engineering:
Simulate, Print and Go!

1. Create patterns 2. Compute drape 3. Place designs, etc.

Printer 1

Printer 2

www.mimaki.com

4. Compute textured marker

6. Print, cut and sew 5. Ergosoft RIP

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Virtualizing Physical Assets Supports
Flexibility of Production Processes
Real-world Virtualized Cutting Machine as a Service
Cutting Machine Cutting Machine in USDL-notation
<!-- http://www.linked-usdl.org/ns/usdl-
Production Factor core#Resource -->
<owl:Class
rdf:about="http://www.linked-
Cutting Machine,
Label usdl.org/ns/usdl-core#Resource">
Type 45Z6
<owl:equivalentClass
rdf:resource="http://www.msee-
ip.eu/tao#Factor"/>
ID TMP8332
<rdfs:subClassOf
rdf:resource="&owl;Thing"/>
URL http://tmp8332 </owl:Class>

<!-- http://www.linked-usdl.org/ns/usdl-
Resp. Bivolino core#Bivolino -->
<owl:NamedIndividual
Availability 1-365/9-17/*/* rdf:about="http://www.linked-
usdl.org/ns/usdl-core#Bivolino">
Tangible Asset Service: <rdf:type
Related to rdf:resource="http://www.linked-
Ontology & Customized Shirt
usdl.org/ns/usdl-core#foaf-Agent"/>
Virtualization With 3m
</owl:NamedIndividual>
Process <!-- http://www.linked-
… … usdl.org/ns/usdl-core#Bivolino-
CuttingAsAService -->
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The Fourth Industrial Revolution

 Individualized customer-specific (hybrid) products

 Dynamic processes, highly flexible production
 Profitable small-series production up to lot-size 1
 Demographic change and work-life balance
 Resource productivity and efficiency
 New ways of creating value
 New business models

http://www.bmbf.de/en/19955.php; http://www.bmbf.de/pubRD/Umsetzungsempfehlungen_Industrie4_0.pdf

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Lot Size 1 Needs Virtual Development and
Virtual Fitting

Virtual Virtual Simulation Real

customer product product + customer product

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Knowledge Key to Small Series Production:
Case Based Reasoning for Machine Settings
PROBLEM = QUERY EXPECTED OUTCOME
New Yarn Specification • ~ 12 Machine Settings
Count: Nm 1/12.6 (Carding and Spinning)
Sector: TECNICI - OPEN END • Expected Efficiency
Composition: 100% MODACRILICO

Case 1 Case 2
Nm 1/15 Nm 1/12
RETTILINEA - OPEN END TESSITURA - OPEN END
0,920 Efficiency 0,920 Efficiency
50% COTONE 50% MODACRILICO 20% COTONE 20% MODACRILIO
Case 4 Case 3
Nm 1/11,8 Nm 1/10
TECNICI - OPEN END TECNICI - OPEN END n Cases
0,970 Efficiency 0,940 Efficiency
100% MODACRILICO 55% MODACRILICO 45% COTONE 0
Retrieval in Case Base (similar existing products) and Adaptation

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The Fourth Industrial Revolution

 Individualized customer-specific (hybrid) products

 Dynamic processes, highly flexible production
 Profitable small-series production up to lot-size 1
 Demographic change and work-life balance
 Resource productivity and efficiency
 New ways of creating value
 New business models

http://www.bmbf.de/en/19955.php; http://www.bmbf.de/pubRD/Umsetzungsempfehlungen_Industrie4_0.pdf

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Industry 4.0 Needs Lifelong Learning at the
Workplace
Pilot/ Textile Furniture Helicopter
Repository
E-learning x x x
Classrooms x x x
VR/AR x x
Real World Simulators x
Workplace x x x

E-learning Class rooms Virtual Real

Simulators Simulators
Privacy-preserving
Trainee Data
Repositories

AgustaWestland Training Academy

LCMSs OutStart VMT Amerigo

CBT Multimedia Training Manual Virtual Simulator Techn. Publications

Repositories Repositories Repository Repository
Digital and Mobile Support for Workers in
Complex Dynamic Processes

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The Fourth Industrial Revolution

 Individualized customer-specific (hybrid) products

 Dynamic processes, highly flexible production
 Profitable small-series production up to lot-size 1
 Demographic change and work-life balance
 Resource productivity and efficiency
 New ways of creating value
 New business models

http://www.bmbf.de/en/19955.php; http://www.bmbf.de/pubRD/Umsetzungsempfehlungen_Industrie4_0.pdf

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Tools for Improving Energy Efficiency in
Textile SMEs

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The Fourth Industrial Revolution

 Individualized customer-specific (hybrid) products

 Dynamic processes, highly flexible production
 Profitable small-series production up to lot-size 1
 Demographic change and work-life balance
 Resource productivity and efficiency
 New ways of creating value
 New business models

http://www.bmbf.de/en/19955.php; http://www.bmbf.de/pubRD/Umsetzungsempfehlungen_Industrie4_0.pdf

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Manufacturing Ecosystems Combining Open
Innovation and Open Manufacturing

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Hybrid Wiki for Knowledge Management in
Collaborative Inter-Firm Innovation

Production
Creation of Conceptua-
Prototyping Sampling and
ideas lisation
Marketing

Descriptive text
Emerging structures

Structures for production

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The Fourth Industrial Revolution

 Individualized customer-specific (hybrid) products

 Dynamic processes, highly flexible production
 Profitable small-series production up to lot-size 1
 Demographic change and work-life balance
 Resource productivity and efficiency
 New ways of creating value
 New business models

http://www.bmbf.de/en/19955.php; http://www.bmbf.de/pubRD/Umsetzungsempfehlungen_Industrie4_0.pdf

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New Platform for Textile and Clothing
Business Labs

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Recap: Adressing the Challenges of the
Fourth Industrial Revolution
 Individualized customer-specific (hybrid) products
 Dynamic processes, highly flexible production
 Profitable small-series production up to lot-size 1
 Demographic change and work-life balance
 Resource productivity and efficiency
 New ways of creating value
 New business models

http://www.bmbf.de/en/19955.php; http://www.bmbf.de/pubRD/Umsetzungsempfehlungen_Industrie4_0.pdf

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 Making Knowledge Productive

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