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Auflistung nach Autor:in "Ploder, Christian"

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  • Konferenzbeitrag
    Important Factors for Implementing a Resilient System
    (Software Engineering 2022 Workshops, 2022) Ploder, Christian; Janetschek, Julian; Dilger, Thomas; Bernsteiner, Reinhard
    Production systems in the context of Industry 4.0 can react flexibly to changes and failures of components by equipping the system components with some intelligence. Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) represent a crucial technology of Industry 4.0, characterized by the integration of computation and physical processes. Future production and manufacturing plants should therefore have resilient properties in order to be able to react to faults without human intervention. In this paper, a concept for a resilient production system is discussed using the example of the Fischertechnik Learning Factory 4.0 (FTLF). In the course of this, the incidents occurring in continuous operation are determined in an observation. Based on this observation, the guidelines, strategies, prerequisites, and principles relating to the concept of resilience will be shown and discussed for the resilient architecture. The prerequisites for a resilient architecture include the absence of single points of failure and independence between the sub-components of a system. A resilient production system also requires process disruption management to handle failures with re-configurations based on previously defined possible solutions. A resilient architecture should already be taken into account in the planning and design phase, at which point all incidents that can occur in the system should be known. This fact represents a significant challenge when implementing a resilient architecture in any system.
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    RPA in the post-implementation phase of ERP systems
    (Software Engineering 2023 Workshops, 2023) Ploder, Christian; Obermair, Philipp; Bernsteiner, Reinhard; Dilger, Thomas
    Robotic Process Automation (RPA) can automate processes of various systems using their user interfaces. Back-office processes are particularly suitable for automation with the help of digital workers. Many back-office processes are carried out in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems. Companies worldwide use ERP systems, meaning they are in the post-implementation phase and interact with these systems daily. Changes to the system are expected during the post-implementation phase. In this paper, recommendations for action that help introduce this technology in the post-implementation phase of ERP systems are made, and decision factors that speak for using this technology are elaborated. For this purpose, twelve interviews are conducted with experts who have already gained experience with Robotic Process Automation in the context of ERP systems, and the results of the interviews will be compared and supplemented with the existing literature. A central result of the work is that the involvement of employees working in the processes to be automated in their daily work is an essential component in all phases of the implementation process. Decision-making factors contributing significantly to companies or organizations deciding to implement RPA can generally be divided into technical and organizational. In general, it can be said that Robotic Process Automation can be used to add value to ERP systems.