The workgroups of the OI4 Alliance are the technical backbone of our community, driving the development, integration, and standardization of solutions that enable interoperability across industries.

They provide a structured approach to address challenges in Industry 4.0, ensuring companies can efficiently implement digital solutions.

By bringing industry leaders, suppliers, and operators together, our workgroups translate real-world challenges into organized, collaborative efforts that lead to practical and scalable solutions.

Our current workgroups are:

Showcased at our booth by our members and partners:

Beckhoff, Boehringer Ingelheim, conplement, Copadata, Flecs, Kubermatic and Salz Automation

Industrial automation has long been tied to specific hardware, creating vendor lock-ins, rigid lifecycles, and high costs. The SDA demonstrator shows a different path: automation workloads run containerized on a flexible IT/OT stack – decoupled from dedicated devices and managed via cloud-native tools like Kubernetes.

At SPS 2025, visitors will see how containerized control applications can be deployed, updated, and orchestrated across multi-vendor edge devices – just like modern IT systems. The setup proves that automation can scale, recover, and evolve dynamically, bringing cloud agility to the shop floor.

The OI4 SDA Stack goes one step further: it builds the open infrastructure for continuous integration and deployment of industrial apps using OpenDevStack and margo compliance. This shared foundation marks the transition from isolated proofs of concept to a production-ready, multi-vendor ecosystem.

👉 Listen to their Talk on our OI4 SPS stage on Tuesday, November 25th at 12 p.m.

👉 and See it live at SPS Hall 5, Booth 161
Flexible. Scalable. Hardware-independent.

👉 Read more: https://openindustry4.com/project/software-defined-automation-phase2/

A complete product story – from creation to ownership and change

In this demonstrator, a production of a bicycle takes shape — not just physically, but digitally.
Each component, from frame to saddle, is represented by its own Asset Administration Shell (AAS). Together, they form the foundation for a Digital Product Passport (DPP) that grows automatically as the product evolves.

Visitors can experience how data flows through the entire lifecycle:

• Digital Product Passport (DPP): All relevant information — technical data, materials, and sustainability parameters — are stored in the AAS. As the product takes shape, the DPP builds itself automatically.

• AAS Transfer of Ownership: When the bicycle is handed over to a new owner, its digital twin moves with it. The AAS, including all relevant submodels, is securely transferred across company boundaries, maintaining data integrity and access control.

• AAS Product Change Notification (PCN): If a component changes — for example, a new handlebar design — the update is published automatically via an AAS submodel. Stakeholders are notified instantly, and downstream systems can react without manual effort.

Why it matters
This demonstrator shows how the Asset Administration Shell can connect processes and partners along a product’s lifecycle — from production to use and back. What was once fragmented data becomes a continuous, trusted information flow.

The result: transparent products, seamless handovers, and structured change communication — all built on open standards.

👉 Listen to our Talk on the OI4 SPS Stage on Tuesday, November 25 at 10:30 a.m.

👉 See the "Next Bike" demonstrator live at SPS 2025, Hall 5, Booth 160
Built once, understood everywhere.

👉 Read more: https://openindustry4.com/project/transferring-aas-across-companies/

The workgroups of the OI4 Alliance are the technical backbone of our community, driving the development, integration, and standardization of solutions that enable interoperability across industries.

They provide a structured approach to address challenges in Industry 4.0, ensuring companies can efficiently implement digital solutions.

By bringing industry leaders, suppliers, and operators together, our workgroups translate real-world challenges into organized, collaborative efforts that lead to practical and scalable solutions.

Our current workgroups are:

Showcased at our booth by our members and partners:

Beckhoff, Boehringer Ingelheim, conplement, Copadata, Flecs, Kubermatic and Salz Automation

Industrial automation has long been tied to specific hardware, creating vendor lock-ins, rigid lifecycles, and high costs. The SDA demonstrator shows a different path: automation workloads run containerized on a flexible IT/OT stack – decoupled from dedicated devices and managed via cloud-native tools like Kubernetes.

At SPS 2025, visitors will see how containerized control applications can be deployed, updated, and orchestrated across multi-vendor edge devices – just like modern IT systems. The setup proves that automation can scale, recover, and evolve dynamically, bringing cloud agility to the shop floor.

The OI4 SDA Stack goes one step further: it builds the open infrastructure for continuous integration and deployment of industrial apps using OpenDevStack and margo compliance. This shared foundation marks the transition from isolated proofs of concept to a production-ready, multi-vendor ecosystem.

👉 Listen to their Talk on our OI4 SPS stage on Tuesday, November 25th at 12 p.m.

👉 and See it live at SPS Hall 5, Booth 161
Flexible. Scalable. Hardware-independent.

👉 Read more: https://openindustry4.com/project/software-defined-automation-phase2/

A complete product story – from creation to ownership and change

In this demonstrator, a production of a bicycle takes shape — not just physically, but digitally.
Each component, from frame to saddle, is represented by its own Asset Administration Shell (AAS). Together, they form the foundation for a Digital Product Passport (DPP) that grows automatically as the product evolves.

Visitors can experience how data flows through the entire lifecycle:

• Digital Product Passport (DPP): All relevant information — technical data, materials, and sustainability parameters — are stored in the AAS. As the product takes shape, the DPP builds itself automatically.

• AAS Transfer of Ownership: When the bicycle is handed over to a new owner, its digital twin moves with it. The AAS, including all relevant submodels, is securely transferred across company boundaries, maintaining data integrity and access control.

• AAS Product Change Notification (PCN): If a component changes — for example, a new handlebar design — the update is published automatically via an AAS submodel. Stakeholders are notified instantly, and downstream systems can react without manual effort.

Why it matters
This demonstrator shows how the Asset Administration Shell can connect processes and partners along a product’s lifecycle — from production to use and back. What was once fragmented data becomes a continuous, trusted information flow.

The result: transparent products, seamless handovers, and structured change communication — all built on open standards.

👉 Listen to our Talk on the OI4 SPS Stage on Tuesday, November 25 at 10:30 a.m.

👉 See the "Next Bike" demonstrator live at SPS 2025, Hall 5, Booth 160
Built once, understood everywhere.

👉 Read more: https://openindustry4.com/project/transferring-aas-across-companies/