Smart Maintenance of Modern Production Systems

This book presents a systems-engineering view of Smart Maintenance. It connects cyber-physical production systems, Digital Twins, predictive and prescriptive maintenance, reliability modeling, enterprise systems, and industrial interoperability standards within a unified implementation-oriented framework. Particular attention is given to how technologies and standards such as OPC UA, the Asset Administration Shell, ISA-95, and ISO 23247 can support scalable maintenance architectures in real industrial environments.

Smart Maintenance is becoming a critical capability for modern production systems operating in Industry 4.0 and emerging Industry 5.0 environments. As manufacturing becomes more connected, automated, and data-driven, maintenance can no longer be understood only as repairing equipment after failure. It must become an integrated part of the production architecture, supporting availability, reliability, resilience, and long-term asset performance.

Unlike publications focused mainly on algorithms or isolated pilot projects, this book emphasizes architectural integration, lifecycle deployment, and practical implementation. Supported by explanatory figures, architecture diagrams, tables, and structured frameworks, it provides researchers, graduate students, engineers, and industrial practitioners with a clear roadmap for designing Smart Maintenance systems that support availability-driven and near-zero-downtime production.