Title :
Adoption of an agent-based production planning technology in the manufacturing industry
Author :
Riha, A. ; Pechoucek, M. ; Krautwurmova, H. ; Charvat, P. ; Koumpis, A.
Author_Institution :
Gerstner Lab., Czech Tech. Univ., Prague, Czech Republic
Abstract :
This paper presents work carried out within the "ExPlanTech " project (IST - 1999-20171) funded by the European Commission Information Technologies Programme. The mission of the ExPlanTech is to introduce, customize and exploit a multi-agent production planning technology (ProPlanT multi-agent system research prototype) in two specific industrial enterprises. An agent driven service negotiations and decision process based on usage-centered knowledge about task requirements substitutes the traditional production planning activity. We introduce methodology for integration of the project-driven production planning based on agent-based engineering within the existing enterprise resource planning system. This novel production planning technology will facilitate optimization of resource utilization and supplier chain while meeting the customer demands
Keywords :
computer aided production planning; manufacturing resources planning; multi-agent systems; ExPlanTech project; ProPlanT multi-agent system research prototype; agent driven service negotiations and decision process; agent-based engineering; agent-based production planning technology; enterprise resource planning system; manufacturing industry; multi -agent production planning; task requirements; usage-centered knowledge; Design engineering; Enterprise resource planning; Information technology; Meeting planning; Multiagent systems; Optimized production technology; Production planning; Prototypes; Resource management; Supply chains;
Conference_Titel :
Database and Expert Systems Applications, 2001. Proceedings. 12th International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1230-5
DOI :
10.1109/DEXA.2001.953131
