Title :
User-oriented production support
Author :
Benz, Stefan ; Schulten, Martin
Author_Institution :
Eur. Centre for Mechatronics, Aachen, Germany
fDate :
31 Aug-4 Sep 1998
Abstract :
This paper presents a system for user-oriented production support in industrial, shop-floor-like environments. The increasing complexity of production processes and in parallel the ongoing organisational changes in the manufacturing industry strengthen the need for a new generation of software tools on the shop-floor level. Based on the analysis of the workflow, user knowledge and used machinery a concept for a set of user-oriented production support tools is shown. Additionally, this paper illustrates the exemplary implementation of this generic concept in co-operation with a Danish ship builder. The employed technology is presented regarding the achievements as well as its limitations
Keywords :
manufacturing industries; production engineering computing; Danish ship builder; industrial shop-floor-like environments; manufacturing industry; organisational changes; production processes; software tools; user knowledge; user-oriented production support; workflow; Costs; Globalization; Investments; Machinery production industries; Manufacturing automation; Manufacturing industries; Marine vehicles; Mechatronics; Production systems; Software tools;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Electronics Society, 1998. IECON '98. Proceedings of the 24th Annual Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Aachen
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4503-7
DOI :
10.1109/IECON.1998.724015
