Requirements for Using Federated Learning in Manufacturing Supply Chains
Kallisch, Jonas and Gómez, Jorge Marx
Engineering and Management of Data Science
This chapter investigates Federated Learning (FL) as a data sovereignty preserving analytics option for manufacturing supply chains. Motivated by recent disruptions and the need for inter-company insight, it addresses four questions. At first which supply-chain areas gain the most from FL, second what best-practice implementations exist, third how FL can be integrated with current infrastructures, and fourth what product-, system- and chain-level requirements must be met. A systematic review of 21 peer-reviewed sources reveals five high-value application clusters--predictive maintenance, quality control, production optimization, collaborative planning and energy-management--where FL achieves near-centralized accuracy while safeguarding data sovereignty. The study distils prerequisites encompassing sensor granularity, edge computing, data standardization, governance and legal compliance, and discusses knowledge-distillation variants that further reduce trust barriers. Overall, FL unlocks cross-factory learning without exposing proprietary data, but its success depends on robust OT/IT integration, shared semantics and incentive-aligned consortia. The chapter closes with a research agenda and a process model to guide practitioners in deploying FL for resilient, competitive and sustainable manufacturing ecosystems.
01 / 2026
inbook
Springer Nature Switzerland
53-78
ZL Produktion
Future Laboratory Manufacturing
Future Laboratory Manufacturing
Analytics, and AI/ML Projects: Foundations, Models, Frameworks, Architectures, Standards, Processes, Practices, Platforms and Tools for Small and Big Data
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