Experiences in the ‘agentification’ of a manufacturing plant

Author

Trullàs-Ledesma, Jonatan ; Ribas-Xirgo, Lluís

Author_Institution

Dept. de Microelectron. i Sistemes Electron., Univ. Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB), Bellaterra

fYear

2008

fDate

26-29 Feb. 2008

Firstpage

319

Lastpage

325

Abstract

Globalization of markets, embodiment of new technologies, and the need of fast reconfigurability are leading small manufacturing enterprises into changing their manufacturing systems for adaptable and flexible ones. In this context, IT agentification is the key of a new approach for adapting obsolete manufacturing systems to the requirements of the new economy. In this paper we present a theoretical model, and our practical experiences in the agentification of a small manufacturing plant.

Keywords

globalisation; manufacturing systems; multi-agent systems; production engineering computing; IT agentification; manufacturing enterprise; manufacturing plant; manufacturing system; market globalization; multiagent system; Computer aided manufacturing; Enterprise resource planning; Flexible manufacturing systems; Hardware; Manufacturing processes; Manufacturing systems; Resource management; Sheet materials; Software tools; Virtual manufacturing; agentification; integration; manufacturing; ontology; simulation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Digital Ecosystems and Technologies, 2008. DEST 2008. 2nd IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Phitsanulok

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1489-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1490-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DEST.2008.4635173

Filename

4635173