Sharing the digital product memory on the supply chain in the context of Industry 4.0

Industry 4.0 (I4.0) refers to the recent changes in manufacturing technologies. In this context, intelligent equipment networks provide a high level of automation and information exchange between the elements in a manufacturing environment. On the other hand, logistics refers to the management of the flow of things (physical or digital) between a point of origin and a point of consumption, among which it includes the flow of information. Given the relevance of the information sharing on I4.0 and logistics, this work has as main goal the development of an architecture that allows the sharing of information related to the product life cycle as it moves throughout the supply chain (SC). The architecture developed is based on the Reference Architecture Model Industry 4.0 (RAMI4.0) and allows sharing the Digital Product Memory (DPM) between the SC members through Web Services. Finally, the definition of an architecture as discussed in this work addresses the consistency and interop-erability on the way that the members of a SC interact with each other.