Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part D Journal of Automobile Engineering · 2001 · 10 citations · 2 references
EngineeringManufacturing EngineeringSystems EngineeringManufacturing SystemsProduction ControlProduction SystemsControl System DesignManufacturing AutomationManufacturing Systems ArchitectureProduction SchedulingReal-time ControlShop Floor ControlAgilityComplexityControl ArchitectureControl System ArchitectureFlexibilityManufacturing AgilityProduction Control SystemsSystem Architecture Design
To cope with unpredictable demand and a wide variety of products, future production systems require agility. To realize manufacturing agility, the control system has to respond and adapt to variations in real-world, dynamic production environments. The control system has to promote requirements such as reduced complexity, increased flexibility, adaptation in real time, extensibility, heterogeneity and autonomous operation. A control system architecture is proposed ensuring manufacturing agility by adapting quickly and cheaply to changes in the production environment.
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