August-Wilhelm Scheer’s research while affiliated with Felss Systems GmbH and other places

... A digital platform hosts an advanced configuration system that enables customers not only to choose from options but make adaptions to the design of parts and assemblies. When the order is completed, the digital production data set is transmitted to a manufacturer near the customer who has the corresponding CNC manufacturing equipment and is then produced and distributed to the customer (Scheer, 2019;Quaranta & Feth, 2017). ...

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Solution space development 2.0: Reframing product adaptation and AI-based engineering tools

... Nach dem Ist-Modell wird ein detaillierteres Sollkonzept entwickelt." (Scheer, 2020) Diese Methode lässt sich nicht nur auf Prozesse, sondern auch auf den Zustand einer Dimension übertragen. Der Ist-Status wird mittels der zentralen Fragestellungen ermittelt. ...

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Digitalisierung von industriellen Dienstleistungen Wie Servitization das Service-Business voranbringt

... In order to also identify functions in other categories such as sales, controlling, and human resources, an article by the Institute for Applied Work Science [4] and the book by Koch and Fedtke [32] were used to identify additional functions required for RPA software suitable for SMEs. Accounting generation of a payment document to customers ✓ ✓ X [19] invoice processing ✓ ✓ UiPath Studio [20] automation of the confirmation process ✓ ~ UiPath Studio [21] automatic correction of incorrect bookings X ✓ X [22] create sales invoices X ✓ X [23] posting journal entries X ~ Redwood Software [24] validation of invoice data X ~ Kryon Systems [25] preparation of tax returns X ✓ X [26] verification of incoming supplier invoices X ✓ X [27] payroll process X ~ X [21] transfer of calculation data X ✓ X [17] entries in the accounting system X ✓ X [28] verification of double billing X ✓ Claim Automation Engine [24] Distribution verification and validation of customer return data X ✓ Kryon Systems [21] processing of notices X ✓ X [29] send a confirmation letter to the customer X ~ Blue Prism Studio [3] updating the tax identification number X ~ X The identified functions from the structured literature analysis can be summarized in five upper categories. Table 3 shows which articles contain which functions. ...

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Robotic Process Automation in Small Enterprises: An Investigation into Application Potential