Intelligent Systems for Manufacturing at Ford Motor Company

Author

Rychtyckyj, Nestor

Author_Institution

Dept. of Adv. & Manufacturing Eng. Syst., Ford Motor Co., Dearborn, MI

Volume

22

Issue

1

fYear

2007

Firstpage

16

Lastpage

19

Abstract

Ford Motor Company has developed and deployed several knowledge-based applications for manufacturing. This paper discussed how the US car maker was able to successfully integrate AI into mainstream manufacturing processes and provide a competitive advantage. The paper also focused on process planning for manufacturing, ergonomic analysis of assembly processes, and machine translation of vehicle assembly build instructions

Keywords

artificial intelligence; assembling; automobile industry; process planning; production engineering computing; Ford Motor Company; assembly processes; automotive industry; ergonomic analysis; knowledge-based technologies; machine translation; manufacturing processes; process planning; vehicle assembly; Artificial intelligence; Assembly systems; Automotive engineering; Computer aided manufacturing; Ergonomics; Intelligent manufacturing systems; Intelligent networks; Knowledge representation; Logic; Vehicles; assembly plants; controlled language; ergonomics; machine translation; manufacturing; standard language;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Intelligent Systems, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1541-1672

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MIS.2007.13

Filename

4078951