This work presents how recent trends in Industry 4.0 (I4.0) solutions are influencing the development of manufacturing execution systems (MESs) and analyzes what kinds of trends will determine the development of the next generation of these technologies. This systematic and thematic review provides a detailed analysis of I4.0-related requirements in terms of MES functionalities and an overview of MES development methods and standards because these three aspects are essential in developing MESs. The analysis highlights that MESs should interconnect all components of cyber-physical systems in a seamless, secure, and trustworthy manner to enable high-level automated smart solutions and that semantic metadata can provide contextual information to support interoperability and modular development. The observed trends show that formal models and ontologies will play an even more essential role in I4.0 systems as interoperability becomes more of a focus and that the new generation of linkable data sources should be based on semantically enriched information. The presented overview can serve as a guide for engineers interested in the development of MESs as well as for researchers interested in finding worthwhile areas of research.

这项工作展示了工业4.0（I4.0）解决方案的最新趋势如何影响制造执行系统（MES）的发展，并分析了哪些趋势将决定这些技术的下一代发展。这项系统的主题审查从MES功能的角度对I4.0相关要求进行了详细分析，并概述了MES开发方法和标准，因为这三个方面对于开发MES是必不可少的。分析强调，MES应该以无缝，安全和可信赖的方式互连网络物理系统的所有组件，以实现高级自动化智能解决方案，并且语义元数据可以提供上下文信息以支持互操作性和模块化开发。观察到的趋势表明，随着互操作性成为焦点，形式化模型和本体将在I4.0系统中扮演更加重要的角色，并且新一代可链接数据源应基于语义丰富的信息。提出的概述可以为对开发MES感兴趣的工程师以及对寻找有价值的研究领域感兴趣的研究人员提供指南。