Pfrommer, J.J.PfrommerStogl, D.D.StoglAleksandrov, K.K.AleksandrovSchubert, V.V.SchubertHein, B.B.Hein2022-03-122022-03-122014https://publica.fraunhofer.de/handle/publica/38565810.1109/ETFA.2014.7005285Shortening product lifecycles and small lot sizes require manufacturing systems to adapt increasingly fast. Many existing machine tools, handling and logistics systems are already generic and not bound to a specific product a-priori. Yet this flexibility and reconfigurability on the asset level is lost in automated systems that are limited to executing a small set of predefined actions in a fixed sequence. The SkillPro1 project aims to develop a holistic service-oriented framework for modeling and orchestration of modern adaptable manufacturing systems. The core concept is a unified abstraction for manufacturing tasks: skills provided by the available assets and the requirements of the different production steps. The skill-based system model enables the transition from generic high-level descriptions to lowlevel formats that can be directly executed. Self-describing assets can be added, changed and removed at runtime, taking into account technical and economic conditions to best achieve the manufacturing goals.enconference paper