Interaction within Dynamic IPS2 Networks – A Proposal of an IPS2 Lifecycle Management and IPS2 Delivery Management Architecture

In the delivery of Industrial Product-Service Systems (IPS2), a dynamic network of partners is involved. To deliver and use IPS2 efficiently, the IPS2 has to be managed from several heterogeneous perspectives, namely from a strategic, inter-organizational, operational and information perspective. To manage the information exchange between the partners, an architecture that supports the interaction between the perspectives and their corresponding software systems is needed. This paper introduces the different management perspectives of IPS2 and their interplay. For the information exchange, an architectural approach is presented and implemented within a conceptual scenario situated in the micro milling industry. Especially the web service-based interaction between an IPS2-Lifecycle Management System (IPS2-LMS) and an IPS2- Execution System (IPS2-ES) is described in detail.