Developing a Lean Mass Customization Based Manufacturing

Author

Ojamaa, Andres ; Kotkas, Vahur ; Spichakova, Margarita ; Penjam, Jaan

Author_Institution

Inst. of Cybern., Tallinn Univ. of Technol., Tallinn, Estonia

fYear

2013

fDate

3-5 Dec. 2013

Firstpage

28

Lastpage

33

Abstract

We describe an experimental mass customization based manufacturing system which relies on a sophisticated IT infrastructure and CAE to produce novel wooden design products in a lean and flexible way. The main focus of this paper is on the IT infrastructure where several AI techniques for machine vision, search and planning are applied. The IT system has a service oriented architecture and is composed of heterogeneous distributed components communicating via custom web services. A key component of this system is an smart optimizer which helps to improve warehouse logistics, material utilization and speeds up manual creative work.

Keywords

CAD; Web services; artificial intelligence; computer aided engineering; computer vision; information technology; lean production; logistics; service-oriented architecture; warehousing; wood processing; AI techniques; CAE; IT infrastructure; Web services; artificial intelligence; lean mass customization based manufacturing system; machine vision; material utilization; service oriented architecture; warehouse logistics; wooden design products; Computer aided manufacturing; Computer numerical control; Design automation; Materials; Optimization; Shape; Solid modeling;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computational Science and Engineering (CSE), 2013 IEEE 16th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Sydney, NSW

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CSE.2013.15

Filename

6755193