Comprehensive analysis of design principles in the context of Industry 4.0

Production systems have evolved in the last years thanks to the recent technological advances and innovations in the manufacturing process. The Industry 4.0 term has become a priority and object of study for companies, research centers and universities, but there is not a generally accepted consensus for the term. As a result, is difficult design and implementation appropriate Industry 4.0 solutions at academic, scientific or business level. The contribution of this paper focuses on providing an analysis of Industry 4.0 meaning and implications and exposes in detail 17 fundamental design principles obtained by a systematic mapping study method. These principles are efficiency, integration, flexibility, decentralization, personalization, virtualization, security, is holistic, ubiquitous, collaborative, modular, robust, use information in real time, makes optimized decisions driven by data, is service-oriented, work life balance and is autonomous and intelligent. With these design principles, engineers and researchers have the capacity to research and implement appropriate Industry 4.0 scenarios.