Additionally, an integrative concept called “Virtual
Production Intelligence” (VPI) has been developed [6]. It
indicates a concept that enables product, factory and machine
planners to plan products and the production processes
collaboratively and holistically [6]. The concept comprises
methods and procedures to consolidate and to propagate data
that is generated from historical and simulated data in real and
virtual production. Furthermore, it includes visualization and
interaction techniques to analyze and to explore the stored
information. The concept focusses on the setup of a domain
specific integrative information model which provides the
possibility of an integrated analysis of the process
characteristics and an improved decision support.