Aggregation of engineering processes regarding the mechatronic approach

Within the last few years different process structures for the execution of engineering processes in the field of production systems have been developed and partially standardized. These processes have strong similarities and dependencies enabling the development of a generalized engineering process for production systems. In addition the different engineering processes can highlight the use of mechatronical units. This paper will survey existing engineering processes and will make a first attempt to define such a mechatronic oriented generalized engineering process for production systems. Thereby, it intends to provide a starting point for further discussion on this subject.