Low-code platform for automating business processes in manufacturing

Waszkowski, Robert

doi:10.1016/j.ifacol.2019.10.060

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“…This study is focused on how to efficiently bring measurements from heterogeneous IoT hardware devices to the NETIoT platform in a low-code manner, with zero intervention on hardware and minimum configuration effort platform-wise. Along the same lines, Waszkowski [5] describes the use of the Aure BPM low-code platform for automating business processes in manufacturing.…”

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“…Low-code development platforms are ecosystems with which apps can be developed, minimizing hand-code definition manually, because it is already built and prefigured. Low-code development platforms emphasize visual interfaces to enable people, without a technological background, to create and deploy business apps with relative ease [5]. The main objective of the low-code development platforms is to allow enterprises to develop apps without complex engineering facilitating their configuration, and then achieving, rapidity and agility.…”

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“…These platforms provide simple and intuitive interfaces as a development environment for the deployment of apps. In this context, no technological knowledge is required, and the final users of these apps become the developers of such apps as they are the ones who have a deep knowledge about the business needs [5]. According to [3] 44% of the low-code development platform users are business users in collaboration with IT.…”

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“…We do not know whether these limitations have motivated the emergence of low-code technology in the current context, however, what is unquestionable is that the low-code paradigm has burst strongly into the automation of software development. Waszkowski [5] highlights that there is an important potential for the development of low-code solutions. He justified this by the lack of software and apps developers and the growing requirements as to the scope and rate of changes introduced in IT systems.…”

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“…Hand-coding is time-consuming and labour-intensive. Therefore, in order to overcome all these barriers, this paper analyses the current research context related to the low-code paradigm as with this technology, programming is not necessary to build applications [5].…”

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Low-Code as Enabler of Digital Transformation in Manufacturing Industry

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Currently, enterprises have to make quick and resilient responses to changing market requirements. In light of this, low-code development platforms provide the technology mechanisms to facilitate and automate the development of software applications to support current enterprise needs and promote digital transformation. Based on a theory-building research methodology through the literature and other information sources review, the main contribution of this paper is the current characterisation of the emerging low-code domain following the foundations of the computer-aided software engineering field. A context analysis, focused on the current status of research related to the low-code development platforms, is performed. Moreover, benchmarking among the existing low-code development platforms addressed to manufacturing industry is analysed to identify the current lacking features. As an illustrative example of the emerging low-code paradigm and respond to the identified uncovered features, the virtual factory open operating system (vf-OS) platform is described as an open multi-sided low-code framework able to manage the overall network of a collaborative manufacturing and logistics environment that enables humans, applications, and Internet of Things (IoT) devices to seamlessly communicate and interoperate in the interconnected environment, promoting resilient digital transformation.

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Analyzing business process management capabilities of low‐code development platforms

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Low-code development platforms (LCDPs) aim to simplify software systems' development by providing easy-to-use graphical interfaces and drag-and-drop facilities. The system behaviors are defined through available data handling and workflow mechanisms enabling the specification of business processes from users that do not have strong programming skills. However, the number of LCDPs has grown significantly over the last few years. Consequently, it is not easy for inexpert users to understand their differences, especially in terms of provided modeling constructs. In this article, we analyze and compare eight low-code development platforms by focusing on their capabilities for specifying business processes. The analysis exploits business process modeling and notation (BPMN) as a reference modeling language. Thus, the core elements of BPMN are leveraged to analyze the workflow mechanisms provided by each of the analyzed LCDP. The article explains different types of process flows and data handling means of the different LCDPs aiming to give potential users objective elements that can be used to make educated decisions when selecting LCDPs. K E Y W O R D S business process management, low-code development platforms, model-driven engineering 1 * Hereafter, the terms low-code platforms and low-code development platforms are used interchangeably and are abbreviated as LCDPs.

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