TY - JOUR A1 - Thim, Christof A1 - Ullrich, André A1 - Gronau, Norbert T1 - Process model driven learning scenario implementation JF - Procedia manufacturing N2 - The implementation of learning scenarios is a diversely challenging, frequently purely manual and effortful undertaking. In this contribution a process based view is used in scenario generation to overcome communication, coordination and technical gaps. A framework is provided to identify, define and integrate technological artefacts and learning content as modular, reusable building blocks along a modeled production process. The specific contribution is twofold: 1) the theoretical framework represents a unique basis for modularization of content and technology in order to enhance reusability, 2) the model based scenario definition is a starting point for automated implementation of learning scenarios in industrial learning environments that has not been created before. KW - learning factories KW - learning scenario implementation KW - process modelling Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.promfg.2020.04.071 SN - 2351-9789 VL - 45 SP - 522 EP - 527 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ullrich, André A1 - Teichmann, Malte A1 - Gronau, Norbert T1 - Fast trainable capabilities in software engineering-skill development in learning factories JF - Ji suan ji jiao yu = Computer Education / Qing hua da xue N2 - The increasing demand for software engineers cannot completely be fulfilled by university education and conventional training approaches due to limited capacities. Accordingly, an alternative approach is necessary where potential software engineers are being educated in software engineering skills using new methods. We suggest micro tasks combined with theoretical lessons to overcome existing skill deficits and acquire fast trainable capabilities. This paper addresses the gap between demand and supply of software engineers by introducing an actionoriented and scenario-based didactical approach, which enables non-computer scientists to code. Therein, the learning content is provided in small tasks and embedded in learning factory scenarios. Therefore, different requirements for software engineers from the market side and from an academic viewpoint are analyzed and synthesized into an integrated, yet condensed skills catalogue. This enables the development of training and education units that focus on the most important skills demanded on the market. To achieve this objective, individual learning scenarios are developed. Of course, proper basic skills in coding cannot be learned over night but software programming is also no sorcery. KW - learning factory KW - programming skills KW - software engineering KW - training Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.16512/j.cnki.jsjjy.2020.12.002 SN - 1672-5913 IS - 12 SP - 2 EP - 10 PB - [Verlag nicht ermittelbar] CY - Bei jing shi ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Gronau, Norbert A1 - Vladova, Gergana A1 - Thim, Christof T1 - Umgang mit Wissen im interkulturellen Vergleich BT - Einführung und Leitfragen T2 - Umgang mit Wissen im interkulturellen Vergleich : Beiträge aus Forschung und Unternehmenspraxis ; Acatech-Workshop, Potsdam, 20. Mai 2008 N2 - Die Bedeutung der Ressource Wissen für die Unternehmensentwicklung ist heutzutage unumstritten. Um wettbewerbsfähig bleiben zu können, müssen Unternehmen die Erzeugung, Teilung und systematische Nutzung von Wissen fördern. Dabei stehen sowohl die individuelle Wissensbasis (und damit jeder Mitarbeiter) als auch die kollektive Wissensbasis (und damit das ganze Unternehmen) im Vordergrund. Der Faktor Kultur gewinnt in diesem Zusammenhang zunehmend an Bedeutung: Er beeinflusst alle drei Ebenen des Wissensmanagements - Mensch, Organisation und Technologie. Neben den Besonderheiten der Organisationskultur und der Kultur unterschiedlicher Mitarbeitergruppen sind in international agierenden Unternehmen auch die spezifischen Merkmale der jeweiligen Landeskultur zu berücksichtigen. Gemeinsam mit dem Lehrstuhl für Wirtschaftsinformatik und Electronic Government der Universität Potsdam hat acatech im Mai 2008 einen Workshop mit Vertretern aus Wirtschaft, Politik und Wissenschaft zum Umgang mit Wissen im interkulturellen Vergleich veranstaltet. Vor diesem Hintergrund entstand der acatech diskutiert-Band "Umgang mit Wissen im interkulturellen Vergleich - Beiträge aus Forschung und Unternehmenspraxis". Darin enthalten sind Beiträge, die u. a. danach fragen, welche wechselseitigen Beziehungen zwischen Technik und Kultur bestehen, inwieweit Experten- und Wissensnetzwerke als interkulturelles Instrument zum Umgang mit Wissen geeignet sind, wie Unternehmen ihre Mitarbeiter auf Auslandseinsätze und die Begegnung mit fremden Kulturen vorbereiten können und welche Rolle Kommunikation als Methode des Wissenstransfers spielt. Y1 - 2008 SN - 978-3-8167-7822-6 VL - 2008 SP - 11 EP - 25 PB - Fraunhofer-IRB-Verl. CY - Stuttgart ER - TY - BOOK A1 - Thim, Christof A1 - Gronau, Norbert A1 - Röchert-Voigt, Tanja A1 - Proske, Niels A1 - Heine, Moreen T1 - Organisation des Schutzes der kritischen Infrastruktur Wasserversorgung BT - Grundlagen und praktische Anwendung für Wasserversorger N2 - Die Erfüllung sicherheitsrelevanter Aufgaben, gerade im Bereich der Wasserversorgung, erfolgt immer vor dem Hintergrund des Schutzes der Kritischen Infrastruktur selbst und eines effektiven Bevölkerungsschutzes. Daher erfordert die Organisation des Schutzes eine über die betriebsbezogene Sichtweise hinausgehende überorganisatorische Betrachtung im Gesamtkontext zunehmender Verflechtung und Abhängigkeiten der Organisationen. Die vorliegende Broschüre richtet sich daher insbesondere an kleine und mittlere Betreiber Kritischer Infrastrukturen, insbesondere im Bereich der Wasserversorgung. Diese sollen in die Lage versetzt werden, eine anforderungsgerechte, skalierbare und vor allem ressourceneffiziente Schutzkonzepterstellung durchführen zu können. Y1 - 2012 SN - 978-3-942183-78-9 PB - Gito Verlag GmbH CY - Berlin ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Gronau, Norbert A1 - Weber, Edzard A1 - Heinze, Priscilla T1 - Cyclic process model transformation T2 - Proceedings of the 12th European Conference on Knowledge Management N2 - Process analysis usually focuses only on single and selected processes. It is either existent processes that are recorded and analysed or reference processes that are implemented. So far no evident effort has been put into generalising specific process aspects into patterns and comparing those patterns with regard to their efficiency and effectiveness. This article focuses on the combination of dynamic and holistic analytical elements in enterprise architectures. Our goal is to outline an approach to analyse the development of business processes in a cyclical matter and demonstrate this approach based on an existent modelling language. We want to show that organisational learning can derive from the systematic analysis of past and existent processes from which patterns of successful problem solving can be deducted. Y1 - 2011 SN - 978-1-908272-09-6 IS - 2 SP - 349 EP - 359 PB - Academic Conferences Ltd. CY - Reading ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Thim, Christof A1 - Grum, Marcus A1 - Schüffler, Arnulf A1 - Roling, Wiebke A1 - Kluge, Annette A1 - Gronau, Norbert ED - Andersen, Ann-Louise ED - Andersen, Rasmus ED - Brunoe, Thomas Ditlev ED - Larsen, Maria Stoettrup Schioenning ED - Nielsen, Kjeld ED - Napoleone, Alessia ED - Kjeldgaard, Stefan T1 - A concept for a distributed Interchangeable knowledge base in CPPS T2 - Towards sustainable customization: cridging smart products and manufacturing systems N2 - As AI technology is increasingly used in production systems, different approaches have emerged from highly decentralized small-scale AI at the edge level to centralized, cloud-based services used for higher-order optimizations. Each direction has disadvantages ranging from the lack of computational power at the edge level to the reliance on stable network connections with the centralized approach. Thus, a hybrid approach with centralized and decentralized components that possess specific abilities and interact is preferred. However, the distribution of AI capabilities leads to problems in self-adapting learning systems, as knowledgebases can diverge when no central coordination is present. Edge components will specialize in distinctive patterns (overlearn), which hampers their adaptability for different cases. Therefore, this paper aims to present a concept for a distributed interchangeable knowledge base in CPPS. The approach is based on various AI components and concepts for each participating node. A service-oriented infrastructure allows a decentralized, loosely coupled architecture of the CPPS. By exchanging knowledge bases between nodes, the overall system should become more adaptive, as each node can “forget” their present specialization. KW - learning KW - distributed knowledge base KW - artificial intelligence KW - CPPS Y1 - 2021 SN - 978-3-030-90699-3 SN - 978-3-030-90702-0 SN - 978-3-030-90700-6 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-90700-6_35 SP - 314 EP - 321 PB - Springer CY - Cham ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Grum, Marcus A1 - Thim, Christof A1 - Gronau, Norbert ED - Andersen, Ann-Louise ED - Andersen, Rasmus ED - Brunoe, Thomas Ditlev ED - Larsen, Maria Stoettrup Schioenning ED - Nielsen, Kjeld ED - Napoleone, Alessia ED - Kjeldgaard, Stefan T1 - Aiming for knowledge-transfer-optimizing intelligent cyber-physical systems T2 - Towards sustainable customization : cridging smart products and manufacturing systems N2 - Since more and more production tasks are enabled by Industry 4.0 techniques, the number of knowledge-intensive production tasks increases as trivial tasks can be automated and only non-trivial tasks demand human-machine interactions. With this, challenges regarding the competence of production workers, the complexity of tasks and stickiness of required knowledge occur [1]. Furthermore, workers experience time pressure which can lead to a decrease in output quality. Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) have the potential to assist workers in knowledge-intensive work grounded on quantitative insights about knowledge transfer activities [2]. By providing contextual and situational awareness as well as complex classification and selection algorithms, CPS are able to ease knowledge transfer in a way that production time and quality is improved significantly. CPS have only been used for direct production and process optimization, knowledge transfers have only been regarded in assistance systems with little contextual awareness. Embedding production and knowledge transfer optimization thus show potential for further improvements. This contribution outlines the requirements and a framework to design these systems. It accounts for the relevant factors. KW - smart automation KW - smart production KW - human-machine-interaction Y1 - 2021 SN - 978-3-030-90699-3 SN - 978-3-030-90700-6 SN - 978-3-030-90702-0 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-90700-6_16 SP - 149 EP - 157 PB - Springer CY - Cham ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Vladova, Gergana A1 - Wotschack, Philip A1 - Lareiro, Patricia de Paiva A1 - Gronau, Norbert A1 - Thim, Christof T1 - Lernen mit Assistenzsystemen T1 - Learning with assistance systems BT - vor lauter Aufgaben den Prozess nicht sehen? BT - not seeing the process for the tasks? JF - Industrie 4.0 Management : Gegenwart und Zukunft industrieller Geschäftsprozesse N2 - Der Beitrag beschreibt die Konzeption und Durchführung und bietet einen Einblick in die ersten Ergebnisse einer Untersuchung mit experimentellem Design in einer simulierten Prozessumgebung im Forschungs- und Anwendungszentrum Industrie 4.0 in Potsdam. Im Mittelpunkt stehen Anlernprozesse im Bereich der Einfacharbeit (Helfertätigkeiten) und ihre Gestaltung durch den Einsatz digitaler Assistenzsysteme. In der Arbeitsforschung finden sich Hinweise darauf, dass mit dem Einsatz dieser Systeme Prozesswissen verloren geht, im Sinne einer guten Kenntnis des gesamten Arbeitsprozesses, in den die einzelnen Tätigkeiten eingebettet sind. Das kann sich als Problem erweisen, vor allem wenn unvorhersehbare Situationen oder Fehler eintreten. Um die Rolle von Prozesswissen beim Einsatz von digitalen Assistenzsystemen zu untersuchen, wird im Experiment eine echte Fabriksituation simuliert. Die Probanden werden über ein Assistenzsystem Schritt für Schritt in ihre Aufgabentätigkeit angelernt, einem Teil der Probanden wird allerdings am Anfang zusätzlich Prozesswissen im Rahmen einer kurzen Schulung vermittelt. N2 - The paper describes the conception and implementation as well as offers an insight into the first results of a study with experimental design in a simulated process environment at the Research and Application Center Industry 4.0 in Potsdam. The focus is on learning processes in the field of simple work and their organization through the use of digital assistance systems. In labour research, there are indications that process knowledge is lost with the use of these systems, in the sense of a good knowledge of the entire work process in which the individual activities are embedded. To investigate the role of process knowledge in the use of digital assistance systems, a real factory situation is simulated in the experiment. KW - Assistenzsysteme KW - Industrie 4.0 KW - Prozesswissen KW - Lernfabrik KW - assistance systems KW - industry 4.0 KW - process knowledge KW - learning factory Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.30844/I40M_20-3_S16-20 SN - 2364-9208 VL - 36 IS - 3 SP - 16 EP - 20 PB - GITO mbH Verlag CY - Berlin ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schüffler, Arnulf A1 - Thim, Christof A1 - Haase, Jennifer A1 - Gronau, Norbert A1 - Kluge, Annette T1 - Willentliches Vergessen T1 - Intentional forgetting - precondition for flexibility and adaptivity in a permanent changing world BT - Voraussetzung für Flexibilität und Veränderungsfähigkeit in einer sich permanent verändernden Welt JF - Gruppe. Interaktion. Organisation. Zeitschrift für Angewandte Organisationspsychologie (GIO) N2 - Dieser Beitrag im Journal Gruppe. Interaktion. Organisation. stellt dar, wie willentliches Vergessen die Anpassung an notwendige Veränderungen für Individuen, Gruppen und Organisationen verbessert und wie willentliches Vergessen bewusst und gezielt gestaltet werden kann. Damit Verhalten in Folge einer notwendigen Veränderung angepasst wird, reicht es nicht aus, dass Menschen wissen was zu tun ist, willens und in der Lage sind ihr Verhalten zu verändern. Eine Veränderung gelingt nur dann, wenn nur noch das neue Verhalten zur Anwendung kommt und nicht mehr das Alte, wenn das alte Verhalten vergessen wird. Der notwendige Prozess des willentlichen Vergessens ist durch Entfernen von Hinweisreizen, die die Erinnerung des zu Vergessenden und durch Platzierung von Hinweisreizen, die die Aktivierung des Neuen auslösen, gestaltbar. Der vorliegende Beitrag stellt die förderliche Wirkung von Hinweisreizen auf willentliches Vergessen dar, stellt sie im Rahmen des Berichts einer experimentellen Studie unter Beweis und gibt praktische Implikationen, wie für Individuen, Gruppen und Organisationen willentliches Vergessen gestaltet werden kann. N2 - This paper in the journal Gruppe. Interaktion. Organisation. illustrates how intentional forgetting can improve the adaptation to necessary changes for individuals, groups and organizations, and how intentional forgetting can be consciously and purposefully designed.In order for behavior to be adapted as aresult of necessary change, it is not enough for people to know what to do, to be willing and able to change their behavior. Achange succeeds only if the new behavior is activated and not the old one, if the old behavior is forgotten. The necessary process of intentional forgetting can be designed by removing cues that retrieve memory items to be forgotten and placing cues that trigger the retrieval of the new.This paper presents the beneficial effects of cues on intentional forgetting, proves them in the context of areport of an experimental study and gives practical implications on how to design intentional forgetting for individuals, groups and organizations. KW - Intentional forgetting KW - Retrieval cues KW - Change KW - Adaptation KW - Behavior KW - Willentliches Vergessen KW - Hinweisreize KW - Veränderung KW - Anpassung KW - Verhalten Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s11612-019-00466-0 SN - 2366-6145 SN - 2366-6218 VL - 50 IS - 2 SP - 197 EP - 209 PB - Springer CY - Wiesbaden ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Thim, Christof A1 - Gronau, Norbert A1 - Haase, Jennifer A1 - Grum, Marcus A1 - Schüffler, Arnulf A1 - Roling, Wiebke A1 - Kluge, Annette ED - Shishkov, Boris T1 - Modeling change in business processes T2 - Business modeling and software design N2 - Business processes are regularly modified either to capture requirements from the organization’s environment or due to internal optimization and restructuring. Implementing the changes into the individual work routines is aided by change management tools. These tools aim at the acceptance of the process by and empowerment of the process executor. They cover a wide range of general factors and seldom accurately address the changes in task execution and sequence. Furthermore, change is only framed as a learning activity, while most obstacles to change arise from the inability to unlearn or forget behavioural patterns one is acquainted with. Therefore, this paper aims to develop and demonstrate a notation to capture changes in business processes and identify elements that are likely to present obstacles during change. It connects existing research from changes in work routines and psychological insights from unlearning and intentional forgetting to the BPM domain. The results contribute to more transparency in business process models regarding knowledge changes. They provide better means to understand the dynamics and barriers of change processes. KW - intentional forgetting KW - routines KW - business processes KW - unlearning Y1 - 2023 SN - 978-3-031-36756-4 SN - 978-3-031-36757-1 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36757-1_1 SP - 3 EP - 17 PB - Springer Nature CY - Cham ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Grum, Marcus A1 - Thim, Christof A1 - Roling, Wiebke A1 - Schüffler, Arnulf A1 - Kluge, Annette A1 - Gronau, Norbert ED - Masrour, Tawfik ED - El Hassani, Ibtissam ED - Barka, Noureddine T1 - AI case-based reasoning for artificial neural networks T2 - Artificial intelligence and industrial applications N2 - Faced with the triad of time-cost-quality, the realization of production tasks under economic conditions is not trivial. Since the number of Artificial-Intelligence-(AI)-based applications in business processes is increasing more and more nowadays, the efficient design of AI cases for production processes as well as their target-oriented improvement is essential, so that production outcomes satisfy high quality criteria and economic requirements. Both challenge production management and data scientists, aiming to assign ideal manifestations of artificial neural networks (ANNs) to a certain task. Faced with new attempts of ANN-based production process improvements [8], this paper continues research about the optimal creation, provision and utilization of ANNs. Moreover, it presents a mechanism for AI case-based reasoning for ANNs. Experiments clarify continuously improving ANN knowledge bases by this mechanism empirically. Its proof-of-concept is demonstrated by the example of four production simulation scenarios, which cover the most relevant use cases and will be the basis for examining AI cases on a quantitative level. KW - case-based reasoning KW - neural networks KW - industry 4.0 Y1 - 2023 SN - 978-3-031-43523-2 SN - 978-3-031-43524-9 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-43524-9_2 VL - 771 SP - 17 EP - 35 PB - Springer CY - Cham ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Teichmann, Malte A1 - Busse, Jana A1 - Gonnermann, Jana A1 - Reimann, Daniela A1 - Ritterbusch, Georg David A1 - Langemeyer, Ines A1 - Gronau, Norbert ED - Nitsch, Verena ED - Brandl, Christopher ED - Häußling, Roger ED - Roth, Philip ED - Gries, Thomas ED - Schmenk, Bernhard T1 - Konzeption, Erstellung und Evaluation von VR-Räumen für die betriebliche Weiterbildung in KMU BT - Erfahrungen und Handlungsempfehlungen aus dem Forschungsprojekt API-KMU T2 - Digitalisierung der Arbeitswelt im Mittelstand 3 N2 - Der Beitrag adressiert die Erstellung von Virtual-Reality gestützten (Lehr- und Lern-) Räumen für die betriebliche Weiterbildung im Rahmen eines Forschungsprojektes. Der damit verbundene Konzeptions- und Umsetzungsprozess ist mit verschiedenen Herausforderungen verbunden: einerseits ist Virtual-Reality ein vergleichsweise neues Lehr- und Lernmedium, womit wenig praktische Handreichungen zur praktischen Umsetzung existieren. Andererseits existieren theoretisch-konzeptionelle Ansätze zur Gestaltung digitaler Lehr- und Lernarrangements, die jedoch 1) oft Gefahr laufen, an den realen Bedürfnissen der Praxis „vorbei“ zu gehen und 2) zumeist nicht konkret Virtual-Reality bzw. damit verbundene Lehr- und Lernumgebungen adressieren. In dieser Folge sind Best-Practice Beispiele basierend auf erfolgreichen Umsetzungsvorhaben, die nachfolgenden Projekten als „Wegweiser“ dienen könnten, äußerst rar. Der Beitrag setzt an dieser Stelle an: basierend auf zwei real existierenden betrieblichen Anwendungsfällen aus den Bereichen Natursteinbearbeitung sowie Einzel- und Sondermaschinenbau werden Herausforderungen und Lösungswege des Erstellungsprozesses von Virtual-Reality gestützten (Lehr- und Lern-)Räumen beschrieben. Ebenfalls werden basierend auf den gemachten Projekterfahrungen Handlungsempfehlungen für die gelingende Konzeption, Umsetzung und Evaluation dieser Räume formuliert. Betriebliche Beschäftigte aus den Bereichen Aus- und Weiterbildung, Management oder Human Ressources, die in eigenen Projekten im Bereich Virtual Reality aktiv werden wollen, profitieren von den herausgestellten praktischen Handreichungen. Forschende Personen sollen Anregungen für weiterführende Forschungsvorhaben erhalten. Y1 - 2023 SN - 978-3-662-67023-1 SN - 978-3-662-67024-8 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-67024-8_5 SP - 155 EP - 204 PB - Springer Vieweg CY - Berlin ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Grum, Marcus A1 - Rapp, Simon A1 - Gronau, Norbert A1 - Albers, Albert ED - Shishkov, Boris T1 - Accelerating knowledge BT - the speed optimization of knowledge transfers T2 - Business modeling and software design N2 - As knowledge-intensive processes are often carried out in teams and demand for knowledge transfers among various knowledge carriers, any optimization in regard to the acceleration of knowledge transfers obtains a great economic potential. Exemplified with product development projects, knowledge transfers focus on knowledge acquired in former situations and product generations. An adjustment in the manifestation of knowledge transfers in its concrete situation, here called intervention, therefore can directly be connected to the adequate speed optimization of knowledge-intensive process steps. This contribution presents the specification of seven concrete interventions following an intervention template. Further, it describes the design and results of a workshop with experts as a descriptive study. The workshop was used to assess the practical relevance of interventions designed as well as the identification of practical success factors and barriers of their implementation. KW - knowledge transfers KW - business process optimization KW - interventions KW - product development KW - product generation engineering KW - empirical evaluation Y1 - 2019 SN - 978-3-030-24853-6 SN - 978-3-030-24854-3 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24854-3_7 VL - 356 SP - 95 EP - 113 PB - Springer CY - Cham ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Grum, Marcus A1 - Klippert, Monika A1 - Albers, Albert A1 - Gronau, Norbert A1 - Thim, Christof T1 - Examining the quality of knowledge transfers BT - the draft of an empirical research T2 - Proceedings of the Design Society N2 - Already successfully used products or designs, past projects or our own experiences can be the basis for the development of new products. As reference products or existing knowledge, it is reused in the development process and across generations of products. Since further, products are developed in cooperation, the development of new product generations is characterized by knowledge-intensive processes in which information and knowledge are exchanged between different kinds of knowledge carriers. The particular knowledge transfer here describes the identification of knowledge, its transmission from the knowledge carrier to the knowledge receiver, and its application by the knowledge receiver, which includes embodied knowledge of physical products. Initial empirical findings of the quantitative effects regarding the speed of knowledge transfers already have been examined. However, the factors influencing the quality of knowledge transfer to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of knowledge transfer in product development have not yet been examined empirically. Therefore, this paper prepares an experimental setting for the empirical investigation of the quality of knowledge transfers. KW - knowledge management KW - new product development KW - evaluation Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1017/pds.2021.404 SN - 2732-527X VL - 1 SP - 1431 EP - 1440 PB - Cambridge University Press CY - Cambridge ER - TY - GEN A1 - Panzer, Marcel A1 - Bender, Benedict A1 - Gronau, Norbert T1 - A deep reinforcement learning based hyper-heuristic for modular production control T2 - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Reihe N2 - In nowadays production, fluctuations in demand, shortening product life-cycles, and highly configurable products require an adaptive and robust control approach to maintain competitiveness. This approach must not only optimise desired production objectives but also cope with unforeseen machine failures, rush orders, and changes in short-term demand. Previous control approaches were often implemented using a single operations layer and a standalone deep learning approach, which may not adequately address the complex organisational demands of modern manufacturing systems. To address this challenge, we propose a hyper-heuristics control model within a semi-heterarchical production system, in which multiple manufacturing and distribution agents are spread across pre-defined modules. The agents employ a deep reinforcement learning algorithm to learn a policy for selecting low-level heuristics in a situation-specific manner, thereby leveraging system performance and adaptability. We tested our approach in simulation and transferred it to a hybrid production environment. By that, we were able to demonstrate its multi-objective optimisation capabilities compared to conventional approaches in terms of mean throughput time, tardiness, and processing of prioritised orders in a multi-layered production system. The modular design is promising in reducing the overall system complexity and facilitates a quick and seamless integration into other scenarios. T3 - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Reihe - 173 KW - production control KW - modular production KW - multi-agent system KW - deep reinforcement learning KW - deep learning KW - multi-objective optimisation Y1 - 2023 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-605642 SN - 1867-5808 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Panzer, Marcel A1 - Bender, Benedict A1 - Gronau, Norbert T1 - A deep reinforcement learning based hyper-heuristic for modular production control JF - International journal of production research N2 - In nowadays production, fluctuations in demand, shortening product life-cycles, and highly configurable products require an adaptive and robust control approach to maintain competitiveness. This approach must not only optimise desired production objectives but also cope with unforeseen machine failures, rush orders, and changes in short-term demand. Previous control approaches were often implemented using a single operations layer and a standalone deep learning approach, which may not adequately address the complex organisational demands of modern manufacturing systems. To address this challenge, we propose a hyper-heuristics control model within a semi-heterarchical production system, in which multiple manufacturing and distribution agents are spread across pre-defined modules. The agents employ a deep reinforcement learning algorithm to learn a policy for selecting low-level heuristics in a situation-specific manner, thereby leveraging system performance and adaptability. We tested our approach in simulation and transferred it to a hybrid production environment. By that, we were able to demonstrate its multi-objective optimisation capabilities compared to conventional approaches in terms of mean throughput time, tardiness, and processing of prioritised orders in a multi-layered production system. The modular design is promising in reducing the overall system complexity and facilitates a quick and seamless integration into other scenarios. KW - production control KW - modular production KW - multi-agent system KW - deep reinforcement learning KW - deep learning KW - multi-objective optimisation Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2023.2233641 SN - 0020-7543 SN - 1366-588X SN - 0278-6125 SP - 1 EP - 22 PB - Taylor & Francis CY - London ER - TY - BOOK A1 - Gronau, Norbert T1 - Knowledge Modeling and Description Language (KMDL) 3.0 BT - an introduction into the creation of knowledge-intensive business processes Y1 - 2024 SN - 978-3-95545-416-6 PB - GITO mbH Verlag CY - Berlin ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Adelhelm, Silvia A1 - Braun, Andreas A1 - Gronau, Norbert A1 - Lürig, Detlef A1 - Müller, Elisabeth A1 - Vladova, Gergana A1 - Wagner, Dieter T1 - Mit Open Innovation zum Erfolg BT - So verbessern mittelständische Pharmaunternehmen ihre Innovationsprozesse JF - Handbuch prozessorientiertes Wissensmanagment Y1 - 2014 SN - 978-3-95545-026-7 SP - 211 EP - 226 PB - GITO CY - Berlin ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ullrich, André A1 - Vladova, Gergana A1 - Marquart, Danny A1 - Braun, Andreas A1 - Gronau, Norbert T1 - An overwiew of benefits and risks in open innovation projects and the influence of intermediary participation, decision-making authority, experience, and position on their perception JF - International journal of innovation management : IJIM N2 - This paper presents an exploratory study investigating the influence of the factors (1) intermediary participation, (2) decision-making authority, (3) position in the enterprise, and (4) experience in open innovation on the perception and assessment of the benefits and risks expected from participating in open innovation projects. For this purpose, an online survey was conducted in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The result of this paper is an empirical evidence showing whether and how these factors affect the perception of potential benefits and risks expected within the context of open innovation project participation. Furthermore, the identified effects are discussed against the theory. Existing theory regarding the benefits and risks of open innovation is expanded by (1) finding that they are perceived mostly independently of the factors, (2) confirming the practical relevance of benefits and risks, and (3) enabling a finer distinction between their degrees of relevance according to respective contextual specifics. KW - Open innovation KW - intermediaries KW - benefits KW - decision-making KW - experience; KW - risks Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1142/S1363919622500128 SN - 1363-9196 SN - 1757-5877 VL - 26 IS - 02 PB - World Scientific Publ. CY - Singapore ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ullrich, André A1 - Weber, Edzard A1 - Gronau, Norbert T1 - Regionale Refabrikationsnetzwerke BT - Potenziale und Herausforderungen der lokalen Wiederaufarbeitung von Produkten JF - Industrie 4.0 Management : Gegenwart und Zukunft industrieller Geschäftsprozesse N2 - Die Herstellung von Produkten bindet Energie sowie auch materielle Ressourcen. Viel zu langsam entwickeln sich sowohl das Bewusstsein der Konsumenten sowie der Produzenten als auch gesetzgebende Aktivitäten, um zu einem nachhaltigen Umgang mit den zur Verfügung stehenden Ressourcen zu gelangen. In diesem Beitrag wird ein lokaler Remanufacturing-Ansatz vorgestellt, der es ermöglicht, den Ressourcenverbrauch zu reduzieren, lokale Unternehmen zu fördern und effiziente Lösungen für die regionale Wieder- und Weiterverwendung von Gütern anzubieten. KW - Refabrikation KW - Regionale Ansätze KW - Remanufacturing Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.30844/IM_23-2_11-14 SN - 2364-9208 VL - 39 IS - 2 SP - 11 EP - 14 PB - GITO mbH Verlag CY - Berlin ER - TY - GEN A1 - Bender, Benedict A1 - Habib, Natalie A1 - Gronau, Norbert T1 - Digitale Plattformen BT - Strategien für KMU T2 - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Reihe N2 - Obwohl digitale Plattformen vornehmlich von Großunternehmen betrieben werden, bieten sie klein- und mittelständischen Unternehmen (KMU) Potenziale zur Verbreitung innovativer Technologien und für den Ausbau ihres Geschäftsmodells. Für die Umsetzung digitaler Plattformen stehen Unternehmen mehrere Strategien zur Verfügung. Der Beitrag vergleicht und bewertet grundlegende Strategien am Beispiel eines Maschinenbauunternehmens. Die Ergebnisse dienen als Grundlage für die Entscheidungsfindung von KMU. KW - Digitale Plattformen KW - KMU KW - Strategie KW - Geschäftsmodell KW - Industrie 4.0 KW - Maschinen- und Anlagenbau Y1 - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-605419 SN - 1867-5808 IS - 1 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Ullrich, André A1 - Weber, Edzard A1 - Gronau, Norbert T1 - Regionale Refabrikationsnetzwerke BT - Potenziale und Herausforderungen der lokalen Wiederaufarbeitung von Produkten T2 - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Reihe N2 - Die Herstellung von Produkten bindet Energie sowie auch materielle Ressourcen. Viel zu langsam entwickeln sich sowohl das Bewusstsein der Konsumenten sowie der Produzenten als auch gesetzgebende Aktivitäten, um zu einem nachhaltigen Umgang mit den zur Verfügung stehenden Ressourcen zu gelangen. In diesem Beitrag wird ein lokaler Remanufacturing-Ansatz vorgestellt, der es ermöglicht, den Ressourcenverbrauch zu reduzieren, lokale Unternehmen zu fördern und effiziente Lösungen für die regionale Wieder- und Weiterverwendung von Gütern anzubieten. T3 - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Reihe - 183 KW - Refabrikation KW - Regionale Ansätze KW - Remanufacturing Y1 - 2023 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-604510 SN - 2364-9208 SN - 1867-5808 IS - 2 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Gonnermann, Jana A1 - Brandenburger, Bonny A1 - Vladova, Gergana A1 - Gronau, Norbert ED - Bui, Tung X. T1 - To what extent can individualisation in terms of different types of mode improve learning outcomes and learner satisfaction? BT - a pre-study T2 - Proceedings of the 56th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences January 3-6, 2023 N2 - With the latest technological developments and associated new possibilities in teaching, the personalisation of learning is gaining more and more importance. It assumes that individual learning experiences and results could generally be improved when personal learning preferences are considered. To do justice to the complexity of the personalisation possibilities of teaching and learning processes, we illustrate the components of learning and teaching in the digital environment and their interdependencies in an initial model. Furthermore, in a pre-study, we investigate the relationships between the learner's ability to (digital) self-organise, the learner’s prior- knowledge learning in different variants of mode and learning outcomes as one part of this model. With this pre-study, we are taking the first step towards a holistic model of teaching and learning in digital environments. KW - advances in teaching and learning technologies KW - digital learning KW - digital teaching KW - experimental design KW - personalised learning KW - teaching and learning model Y1 - 2023 SN - 978-0-9981331-6-4 SP - 123 EP - 132 PB - Department of IT Management Shidler College of Business University of Hawaii CY - Honolulu, HI ER - TY - GEN A1 - Panzer, Marcel A1 - Bender, Benedict A1 - Gronau, Norbert T1 - Neural agent-based production planning and control BT - an architectural review T2 - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Reihe N2 - Nowadays, production planning and control must cope with mass customization, increased fluctuations in demand, and high competition pressures. Despite prevailing market risks, planning accuracy and increased adaptability in the event of disruptions or failures must be ensured, while simultaneously optimizing key process indicators. To manage that complex task, neural networks that can process large quantities of high-dimensional data in real time have been widely adopted in recent years. Although these are already extensively deployed in production systems, a systematic review of applications and implemented agent embeddings and architectures has not yet been conducted. The main contribution of this paper is to provide researchers and practitioners with an overview of applications and applied embeddings and to motivate further research in neural agent-based production. Findings indicate that neural agents are not only deployed in diverse applications, but are also increasingly implemented in multi-agent environments or in combination with conventional methods — leveraging performances compared to benchmarks and reducing dependence on human experience. This not only implies a more sophisticated focus on distributed production resources, but also broadening the perspective from a local to a global scale. Nevertheless, future research must further increase scalability and reproducibility to guarantee a simplified transfer of results to reality. T3 - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Reihe - 172 KW - production planning and control KW - machine learning KW - neural networks KW - systematic literature review KW - taxonomy Y1 - 2022 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-604777 SN - 1867-5808 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Panzer, Marcel A1 - Bender, Benedict A1 - Gronau, Norbert T1 - Neural agent-based production planning and control BT - an architectural review JF - Journal of Manufacturing Systems N2 - Nowadays, production planning and control must cope with mass customization, increased fluctuations in demand, and high competition pressures. Despite prevailing market risks, planning accuracy and increased adaptability in the event of disruptions or failures must be ensured, while simultaneously optimizing key process indicators. To manage that complex task, neural networks that can process large quantities of high-dimensional data in real time have been widely adopted in recent years. Although these are already extensively deployed in production systems, a systematic review of applications and implemented agent embeddings and architectures has not yet been conducted. The main contribution of this paper is to provide researchers and practitioners with an overview of applications and applied embeddings and to motivate further research in neural agent-based production. Findings indicate that neural agents are not only deployed in diverse applications, but are also increasingly implemented in multi-agent environments or in combination with conventional methods — leveraging performances compared to benchmarks and reducing dependence on human experience. This not only implies a more sophisticated focus on distributed production resources, but also broadening the perspective from a local to a global scale. Nevertheless, future research must further increase scalability and reproducibility to guarantee a simplified transfer of results to reality. KW - production planning and control KW - machine learning KW - neural networks KW - systematic literature review KW - taxonomy Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmsy.2022.10.019 SN - 0278-6125 SN - 1878-6642 VL - 65 SP - 743 EP - 766 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - GEN A1 - Bender, Benedict A1 - Gronau, Norbert ED - Bui, Tung T1 - Introduction to the Minitrack on towards the future of enterprise systems T2 - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Reihe N2 - Enterprise systems have long played an important role in businesses of various sizes. With the increasing complexity of today’s business relationships, pecialized application systems are being used more and more. Moreover, emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence are becoming accessible for enterprise systems. This raises the question of the future role of enterprise systems. This minitrack covers novel ideas that contribute to and shape the future role of enterprise systems with five contributions. T3 - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Reihe - 188 Y1 - 2022 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-605406 SN - 978-0-9981331-5-7 SN - 1867-5808 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bender, Benedict A1 - Habib, Natalie A1 - Gronau, Norbert T1 - Digitale Plattformen BT - Strategien für KMU JF - Wirtschaftsinformatik und Management N2 - Obwohl digitale Plattformen vornehmlich von Großunternehmen betrieben werden, bieten sie klein- und mittelständischen Unternehmen (KMU) Potenziale zur Verbreitung innovativer Technologien und für den Ausbau ihres Geschäftsmodells. Für die Umsetzung digitaler Plattformen stehen Unternehmen mehrere Strategien zur Verfügung. Der Beitrag vergleicht und bewertet grundlegende Strategien am Beispiel eines Maschinenbauunternehmens. Die Ergebnisse dienen als Grundlage für die Entscheidungsfindung von KMU. KW - Digitale Plattformen KW - KMU KW - Strategie KW - Geschäftsmodell KW - Industrie 4.0 KW - Maschinen- und Anlagenbau Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1365/s35764-020-00292-w SN - 1867-5913 SN - 1867-5905 VL - 13 IS - 1 SP - 68 EP - 76 PB - Gabler CY - Wiesbaden ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Grum, Marcus A1 - Hiessl, Werner A1 - Maresch, Karl A1 - Gronau, Norbert T1 - Design of a neuronal training modeling language BT - exemplified with the AI-based dynamic GUI adaption JF - AIS-Transactions on enterprise systems N2 - As the complexity of learning task requirements, computer infrastruc- tures and knowledge acquisition for artificial neuronal networks (ANN) is in- creasing, it is challenging to talk about ANN without creating misunderstandings. An efficient, transparent and failure-free design of learning tasks by models is not supported by any tool at all. For this purpose, particular the consideration of data, information and knowledge on the base of an integration with knowledge- intensive business process models and a process-oriented knowledge manage- ment are attractive. With the aim of making the design of learning tasks express- ible by models, this paper proposes a graphical modeling language called Neu- ronal Training Modeling Language (NTML), which allows the repetitive use of learning designs. An example ANN project of AI-based dynamic GUI adaptation exemplifies its use as a first demonstration. KW - AI and business informatics KW - development of AI-based systems KW - AI-based decision support system KW - cooperative AI (human-in-the-loop) KW - process-oriented knowledge acquisition KW - modeling language Y1 - 2021 UR - https://www.aes-journal.com/index.php/ais-tes/article/view/20/18 U6 - https://doi.org/10.30844/aistes.v5i1.20 SN - 1867-7134 VL - 5 IS - 1 PB - GITO-Publ., Verl. für Industrielle Informationstechnik und Organisation CY - Berlin ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bender, Benedict A1 - Korjahn, Nicolas A1 - Gronau, Norbert T1 - Erfolgreich auf Handelsplattformen BT - Einblicke in die Marktstudie Handelsplattformen 2023/2024 JF - ERP-Management : Auswahl, Einführung und Betrieb von ERP-Systemen N2 - Obwohl Handelsplattformen zunehmend an Bedeutung gewinnen, besteht im deutschsprachigen Raum ein Mangel an umfassenden Marktübersichten. Dadurch fehlt es Verkäufern, potenziellen Plattformbetreibern und Kunden an einer soliden Grundlage für fundierte Entscheidungen. Das ändern wir mit folgendem Beitrag. Erfahren Sie hier das Wichtigste über den rasant wachsenden Markt der Handelsplattformen. Y1 - 2024 UR - https://www.wiso-net.de/document/ERP__714baef53e6bcc9690fd3c7c72605cc171f35f62 UR - https://erp-management.de/artikel/erfolgreich-auf-handelsplattformen/ SN - 1860-6725 VL - 20 IS - 1 SP - 76 EP - 82 PB - GITO mbH - Verlag für Industrielle Informationstechnik und Organisation CY - Berlin ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Rojahn, Marcel A1 - Gronau, Norbert ED - Bui, Tung X. T1 - Openness indicators for the evaluation of digital platforms between the launch and maturity phase T2 - Proceedings of the 57th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences N2 - In recent years, the evaluation of digital platforms has become an important focus in the field of information systems science. The identification of influential indicators that drive changes in digital platforms, specifically those related to openness, is still an unresolved issue. This paper addresses the challenge of identifying measurable indicators and characterizing the transition from launch to maturity in digital platforms. It proposes a systematic analytical approach to identify relevant openness indicators for evaluation purposes. The main contributions of this study are the following (1) the development of a comprehensive procedure for analyzing indicators, (2) the categorization of indicators as evaluation metrics within a multidimensional grid-box model, (3) the selection and evaluation of relevant indicators, (4) the identification and assessment of digital platform architectures during the launch-to-maturity transition, and (5) the evaluation of the applicability of the conceptualization and design process for digital platform evaluation. KW - federated industrial platform ecosystems KW - technologies KW - business models KW - data-driven artifacts KW - design-science research KW - digital platform openness KW - evaluation KW - morphological analysis Y1 - 2024 SN - 978-0-99813-317-1 SP - 4516 EP - 4525 PB - Department of IT Management Shidler College of Business University of Hawaii CY - Honolulu, HI ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Abendroth, Adrian A1 - Bender, Benedict A1 - Gronau, Norbert T1 - The evolution of original ERP customization BT - a systematic literature review of technical possibilities T2 - Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems N2 - Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system customization is often necessary because companies have unique processes that provide their competitive advantage. Despite new technological advances such as cloud computing or model-driven development, technical ERP customization options are either outdated or ambiguously formulated in the scientific literature. Using a systematic literature review (SLR) that analyzes 137 definitions from 26 papers, the result is an analysis and aggregation of technical customization types by providing clearance and aligning with future organizational needs. The results show a shift from ERP code modification in on-premises systems to interface and integration customization in cloud ERP systems, as well as emerging technological opportunities as a way for customers and key users to perform system customization. The study contributes by providing a clear understanding of given customization types and assisting ERP users and vendors in making customization decisions. KW - Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) System KW - Customization KW - Modification KW - Tailoring KW - Literature Review Y1 - 2024 SN - 978-989-758-692-7 U6 - https://doi.org/10.5220/0012305500003690 SN - 2184-4992 VL - 1 SP - 17 EP - 27 PB - SCITEPRESS - Science and Technology Publications CY - Setúbal ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Klippert, Monika A1 - Stolpmann, Robert A1 - Grum, Marcus A1 - Thim, Christof A1 - Gronau, Norbert A1 - Albers, Albert T1 - Knowledge transfer quality improvement BT - the quality enhancement of knowledge transfers in product engineering T2 - Procedia CIRP N2 - Developing a new product generation requires the transfer of knowledge among various knowledge carriers. Several factors influence knowledge transfer, e.g., the complexity of engineering tasks or the competence of employees, which can decrease the efficiency and effectiveness of knowledge transfers in product engineering. Hence, improving those knowledge transfers obtains great potential, especially against the backdrop of experienced employees leaving the company due to retirement, so far, research results show, that the knowledge transfer velocity can be raised by following the Knowledge Transfer Velocity Model and implementing so-called interventions in a product engineering context. In most cases, the implemented interventions have a positive effect on knowledge transfer speed improvement. In addition to that, initial theoretical findings describe factors influencing the quality of knowledge transfers and outline a setting to empirically investigate how the quality can be improved by introducing a general description of knowledge transfer reference situations and principles to measure the quality of knowledge artifacts. To assess the quality of knowledge transfers in a product engineering context, the Knowledge Transfer Quality Model (KTQM) is created, which serves as a basis to develop and implement quality-dependent interventions for different knowledge transfer situations. As a result, this paper introduces the specifications of eight situation-adequate interventions to improve the quality of knowledge transfers in product engineering following an intervention template. Those interventions are intended to be implemented in an industrial setting to measure the quality of knowledge transfers and validate their effect. KW - knowledge transfer KW - product generation engineering KW - improvement KW - quality KW - intervention Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2023.02.171 SN - 2212-8271 VL - 119 SP - 919 EP - 925 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Panzer, Marcel A1 - Gronau, Norbert T1 - Enhancing economic efficiency in modular production systems through deep reinforcement learning T2 - Procedia CIRP N2 - In times of increasingly complex production processes and volatile customer demands, the production adaptability is crucial for a company's profitability and competitiveness. The ability to cope with rapidly changing customer requirements and unexpected internal and external events guarantees robust and efficient production processes, requiring a dedicated control concept at the shop floor level. Yet in today's practice, conventional control approaches remain in use, which may not keep up with the dynamic behaviour due to their scenario-specific and rigid properties. To address this challenge, deep learning methods were increasingly deployed due to their optimization and scalability properties. However, these approaches were often tested in specific operational applications and focused on technical performance indicators such as order tardiness or total throughput. In this paper, we propose a deep reinforcement learning based production control to optimize combined techno-financial performance measures. Based on pre-defined manufacturing modules that are supplied and operated by multiple agents, positive effects were observed in terms of increased revenue and reduced penalties due to lower throughput times and fewer delayed products. The combined modular and multi-staged approach as well as the distributed decision-making further leverage scalability and transferability to other scenarios. KW - modular production KW - production control KW - multi-agent system KW - deep reinforcement learning KW - discrete event simulation Y1 - 2024 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2023.09.229 SN - 2212-8271 VL - 121 SP - 55 EP - 60 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Vladova, Gergana A1 - Gronau, Norbert T1 - KI-basierte Assistenzsysteme in betrieblichen Lernprozessen JF - Industrie 4.0 Management : Gegenwart und Zukunft industrieller Geschäftsprozesse N2 - Assistenzsysteme finden im Kontext der digitalen Transformation immer mehr Einsatz. Sie können Beschäftigte in industriellen Produktionsprozessen sowohl in der Anlern- als auch in der aktiven Arbeitsphase unterstützen. Kompetenzen können so arbeitsplatz- und prozessnah sowie bedarfsorientiert aufgebaut werden. In diesem Beitrag wird der aktuelle Forschungsstand zu den Einsatzmöglichkeiten dieser Assistenzsysteme diskutiert und mit Beispielen illustriert. Es werden unter anderem auch Herausforderungen für den Einsatz aufgezeigt. Am Ende des Beitrags werden Potenziale für die zukünftige Nutzung von AS in industriellen Lernprozessen und für die Forschung identifiziert. KW - KI KW - kognitive Assistenzsysteme KW - betriebliche Lernprozesse KW - Weiterbildung Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.30844/I40M_22-2_11-14 SN - 2364-9216 SN - 2364-9208 VL - 38 IS - 2 SP - 11 EP - 14 PB - GITO mbH Verlag für Industrielle Informationstechnik und Organisation CY - Berlin ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Teichmann, Malte A1 - Ullrich, André A1 - Kotarski, David A1 - Gronau, Norbert T1 - Facing the demographic change BT - recommendations for designing learning factories as age-appropriate teaching-learning environments for older blue-collar workers T2 - SSRN eLibrary / Social Science Research Network N2 - Digitization and demographic change are enormous challenges for companies. Learning factories as innovative learning places can help prepare older employees for the digital change but must be designed and configured based on their specific learning requirements. To date, however, there are no particular recommendations to ensure effective age-appropriate training of bluecollar workers in learning factories. Therefore, based on a literature review, design characteristics and attributes of learning factories and learning requirements of older employees are presented. Furthermore, didactical recommendations for realizing age-appropriate learning designs in learning factories and a conceptualized scenario are outlined by synthesizing the findings. KW - learning factory KW - vocational training KW - learning environment KW - age-appropriate competence development KW - demographic change Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3858716 SN - 1556-5068 PB - Social Science Electronic Publ. CY - [Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar] ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Vladova, Gergana A1 - Ullrich, André A1 - Bender, Benedict A1 - Gronau, Norbert ED - Reis, Arsénio ED - Barroso, João ED - Lopes, J. Bernardino ED - Mikropoulos, Tassos ED - Fan, Chih-Wen T1 - Yes, we can (?) BT - a critical review of the COVID-19 semester T2 - Technology and innovation in learning, teaching and education : second international conference, TECH-EDU 2020, Vila Real, Portugal, December 2-4, 2020 : proceedings N2 - The COVID-19 crisis has caused an extreme situation for higher education institutions around the world, where exclusively virtual teaching and learning has become obligatory rather than an additional supporting feature. This has created opportunities to explore the potential and limitations of virtual learning formats. This paper presents four theses on virtual classroom teaching and learning that are discussed critically. We use existing theoretical insights extended by empirical evidence from a survey of more than 850 students on acceptance, expectations, and attitudes regarding the positive and negative aspects of virtual teaching. The survey responses were gathered from students at different universities during the first completely digital semester (Spring-Summer 2020) in Germany. We discuss similarities and differences between the subjects being studied and highlight the advantages and disadvantages of virtual teaching and learning. Against the background of existing theory and the gathered data, we emphasize the importance of social interaction, the combination of different learning formats, and thus context-sensitive hybrid learning as the learning form of the future. KW - COVID-19 KW - higher education KW - virtual learning KW - digital learning KW - subject differences Y1 - 2021 SN - 978-3-030-73987-4 SN - 978-3-030-73988-1 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73988-1_17 SP - 225 EP - 235 PB - Springer CY - Cham ER - TY - GEN A1 - Panzer, Marcel A1 - Bender, Benedict A1 - Gronau, Norbert T1 - Deep reinforcement learning in production planning and control BT - A systematic literature review T2 - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Reihe N2 - Increasingly fast development cycles and individualized products pose major challenges for today's smart production systems in times of industry 4.0. The systems must be flexible and continuously adapt to changing conditions while still guaranteeing high throughputs and robustness against external disruptions. Deep reinforcement learning (RL) algorithms, which already reached impressive success with Google DeepMind's AlphaGo, are increasingly transferred to production systems to meet related requirements. Unlike supervised and unsupervised machine learning techniques, deep RL algorithms learn based on recently collected sensorand process-data in direct interaction with the environment and are able to perform decisions in real-time. As such, deep RL algorithms seem promising given their potential to provide decision support in complex environments, as production systems, and simultaneously adapt to changing circumstances. While different use-cases for deep RL emerged, a structured overview and integration of findings on their application are missing. To address this gap, this contribution provides a systematic literature review of existing deep RL applications in the field of production planning and control as well as production logistics. From a performance perspective, it became evident that deep RL can beat heuristics significantly in their overall performance and provides superior solutions to various industrial use-cases. Nevertheless, safety and reliability concerns must be overcome before the widespread use of deep RL is possible which presumes more intensive testing of deep RL in real world applications besides the already ongoing intensive simulations. T3 - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Reihe - 198 KW - deep reinforcement learning KW - machine learning KW - production planning KW - production control KW - systematic literature review Y1 - 2021 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-605722 SN - 2701-6277 SN - 1867-5808 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Panzer, Marcel A1 - Bender, Benedict A1 - Gronau, Norbert T1 - Deep reinforcement learning in production planning and control BT - A systematic literature review T2 - Proceedings of the Conference on Production Systems and Logistics N2 - Increasingly fast development cycles and individualized products pose major challenges for today's smart production systems in times of industry 4.0. The systems must be flexible and continuously adapt to changing conditions while still guaranteeing high throughputs and robustness against external disruptions. Deep rein- forcement learning (RL) algorithms, which already reached impressive success with Google DeepMind's AlphaGo, are increasingly transferred to production systems to meet related requirements. Unlike supervised and unsupervised machine learning techniques, deep RL algorithms learn based on recently collected sensor- and process-data in direct interaction with the environment and are able to perform decisions in real-time. As such, deep RL algorithms seem promising given their potential to provide decision support in complex environments, as production systems, and simultaneously adapt to changing circumstances. While different use-cases for deep RL emerged, a structured overview and integration of findings on their application are missing. To address this gap, this contribution provides a systematic literature review of existing deep RL applications in the field of production planning and control as well as production logistics. From a performance perspective, it became evident that deep RL can beat heuristics significantly in their overall performance and provides superior solutions to various industrial use-cases. Nevertheless, safety and reliability concerns must be overcome before the widespread use of deep RL is possible which presumes more intensive testing of deep RL in real world applications besides the already ongoing intensive simulations. KW - deep reinforcement learning KW - machine learning KW - production planning KW - production control KW - systematic literature review Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.15488/11238 SN - 2701-6277 SP - 535 EP - 545 PB - Institutionelles Repositorium der Leibniz Universität Hannover CY - Hannover ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Roling, Wiebke M. A1 - Grum, Marcus A1 - Gronau, Norbert A1 - Kluge, Annette T1 - The roots of errors in adaptive performance BT - clustering behavioral patterns after the introduction of a change JF - Journal of workplace learning N2 - Purpose The purpose of this study was to investigate work-related adaptive performance from a longitudinal process perspective. This paper clustered specific behavioral patterns following the introduction of a change and related them to retentivity as an individual cognitive ability. In addition, this paper investigated whether the occurrence of adaptation errors varied depending on the type of change content. Design/methodology/approach Data from 35 participants collected in the simulated manufacturing environment of a Research and Application Center Industry 4.0 (RACI) were analyzed. The participants were required to learn and train a manufacturing process in the RACI and through an online training program. At a second measurement point in the RACI, specific manufacturing steps were subject to change and participants had to adapt their task execution. Adaptive performance was evaluated by counting the adaptation errors. Findings The participants showed one of the following behavioral patterns: (1) no adaptation errors, (2) few adaptation errors, (3) repeated adaptation errors regarding the same actions, or (4) many adaptation errors distributed over many different actions. The latter ones had a very low retentivity compared to the other groups. Most of the adaptation errors were made when new actions were added to the manufacturing process. Originality/value Our study adds empirical research on adaptive performance and its underlying processes. It contributes to a detailed understanding of different behaviors in change situations and derives implications for organizational change management. KW - adaptive performance KW - behavioral patterns KW - change KW - process perspective KW - quantitative KW - retentivity KW - rype of change content Y1 - 2024 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1108/JWL-10-2023-0168 SN - 1366-5626 VL - 36 IS - 4 SP - 267 EP - 281 PB - Emerald CY - Bradford ER -