Objects to change within a manufacturing enterprise can be products, technological or logistical processes, parts of the manufacturing facilities or a company’s organization.

Schleipen, M., Lüder, A., Sauer, O., Flatt, H., & Jasperneite, J. (2015). Requirements and concept for Plug-and-Work, at - Automatisierungstechnik, 63(10), 801-820. [DOI]

A product denotes a final or intermediate product type. Note the difference between a product type and the 'realized' work piece at runtime.

J. Pfrommer, M. Schleipen and J. Beyerer, "PPRS: Production skills and their relation to product, process, and resource," 2013 IEEE 18th Conference on Emerging Technologies & Factory Automation (ETFA), Cagliari, 2013, pp. 1-4 [DOI]

Arbeitsgegenstand  (nach DIN 33400): das im Zuge eines Arbeitsablaufs unter Verwendung der Betriebsmittel/ Betriebshilfsmittel veränderte (be- oder verarbeitete, transportierte oder gelagerte) Objekt. Work object (according to DIN 33400): the object changed (processed, transported or stored) in the course of a work process using the operating materials/auxiliary equipment .

DIN 33400 [DIN 33400]

Result of activities and processes

DIN EN ISO 9001 [beuth]