Reference Model Concept for Structuring and Representing Performance Indicators in Manufacturing

Performance indicators (PIs) are used to monitor and assess production systems. There are thousands of PIs described in standards or in commercial PI collections; however, the PIs implemented in the factories may differ enormously due to use-case-specific requirements. In this work a reference model is proposed to support the process from a generic description to a use case specific PI implementation. There are two exemplary implementations described utilizing data stream processing and database technologies.