011 Consideration on Competitive Advantage of Manufacturing Industry for the age of "Industrie 4.0" : Comparative Study on FA related System Makers in Japan and Germany from the Perspective of HW/SW Integrated Architecture Theory

Abstract

In the coming Industrie 4.0 age, managemt such as business model and business system is required rather than just factroy systems to be built. This study suggested perspective combined Hardware with Software architecure is useful to make "make or buy" and "open and close" strategy. By comparative analysis of present German and Japanse FA system makers' businesses, it is considered how Japanese manufacturing companies will establish competitive advantages for the future.