V. CONCLUSION AND FUTURE WORK
In this article we detailed Indication-based Manufacturing
Optimization as a novel data mining-driven approach for
process optimization provided by the Advanced Manufacturing
Analytics Platform. We defined conceptual use cases and
described implementation details.
Indication-based Manufacturing Optimization goes beyond
existing analytics in manufacturing, which focus on
manual reporting and OLAP functions using isolated data
extracts. Based on a holistic data basis, the Manufacturing
Warehouse, pre-defined data mining use cases are applied to
identify hidden data patterns for the optimization of the
whole manufacturing process, from the creation of the production
order until the finishing of the product. As main
concrete use case the metric-oriented root cause analysis
represents a promising amendment for existing metricoriented
dashboards in industry practice. It enables the profound
analysis of reasons for metric deviations and presents
indications for concrete process improvements.