Identifying Energy Bottlenecks in Manufacturing Systems through an Integrated Dashboard
2026 (English)Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
Manufacturing companies are gradually moving from Industry 4.0’s technology focus to Industry 5.0’s sustainability focus, and identifying and addressing energy bottlenecks is a part of this transition. In practice, this is challenging due to limited availability of energy data and its poor integration with systems like MES and SCADA. Energy dashboards are capable of consolidating energy data, visualizing consumption patterns, and tracking related KPIs for sustainability. However, most existing implementations are limited to facility-level overviews or machine-specific views without consideration of operational details. To identify energy bottlenecks, the dashboards must also analyze machine states, batch sizes, product mixes, and cycle times. Therefore, this paper presents a Python-based web application built with the Dash framework and open-source packages. The application integrates data from EMS, MES, and SCADA systems. It is capable of performing statistical time-series analysis, joint energy-stop analysis, state-based mapping of energy use, and visualizing various Key Performance Indicators. The proposed integrated dashboard targets discrete manufacturing and is demonstrated on a gear machining line at Volvo Group Trucks Operations. The dashboard currently operates offline with data from enterprise systems, but aims for real-time API integration as a digital twin in the future. This could support simulation for detecting inefficiencies, predicting energy bottlenecks, and optimizing energy consumption.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Institute of Physics Publishing (IOPP), 2026. no 1, article id 012060
Series
IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, ISSN 1757-8981, E-ISSN 1757-899X ; 1342
National Category
Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics Computer Systems
Research subject
Virtual Production Development (VPD); User Centred Product Design
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:his:diva-26335DOI: 10.1088/1757-899x/1342/1/012060OAI: oai:DiVA.org:his-26335DiVA, id: diva2:2057711
Conference
The 12th Swedish Production Symposium 24/03/2026 - 26/03/2026 Luleå, Sweden
Projects
LITMUS: Leveraging Industry 4.0 Technologies for Human-Centric Sustainable Production
Funder
Knowledge Foundation, 2024-0013
Note
CC BY 4.0
E-mail: sunith.bandaru@his.se
The authors acknowledge the financial support received from KK-stiftelsen (The Knowledge Foundation, Stockholm, Sweden) for the Synergy research project LITMUS: Leveraging Industry 4.0 Technologies for Human-Centric Sustainable Production (grant no. 2024-0013).
2026-05-052026-05-052026-05-06Bibliographically approved