An intelligent design network for manufacturing systems´ cooperation

Author

Kovács, G.L. ; Mezgár, I. ; Kopácsi, S.

Author_Institution

HAS, Comput.. & Autom. Res. Inst., Budapest, Hungary

fYear

1997

Firstpage

511

Lastpage

516

Abstract

The paper describes a design/planning network (PN) which is used to assist the better harmonization and higher quality and production volume of small and medium size enterprises (SME), if they are joining their efforts by being active members of the PN. The PN means a real-time, online network with three basic functions covered by: the local planning module, the coordination unit (CU) and the evaluation module (EM) software units. This PN is a kind of virtual, or extended enterprise, however it is different because of the long-term cooperation of the partners, instead of working together only for 1-2 given orders. The intelligence of the PN is supported by expert systems in the CU and EM

Keywords

computer aided production planning; computer networks; expert systems; manufacturing data processing; real-time systems; ESPRIT project; PLENT; SME; coordination unit; design planning network; evaluation module; expert systems; intelligent design network; local planning module; manufacturing systems cooperation; medium size enterprises; real-time system; small size enterprises; Companies; Intelligent networks; Manufacturing systems; Organizational aspects; Personnel; Process planning; Production; Strategic planning; Tiles; Virtual enterprises;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Intelligent Engineering Systems, 1997. INES '97. Proceedings., 1997 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Budapest

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3627-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/INES.1997.632470

Filename

632470