Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Cincinnati Univ., OH, USA
Abstract :
Computer integrated manufacturing (CIM) systems include product design, actual manufacturing of the product, shipping, and even customer product support. The drive toward CIM has three key technical thrusts: flexible automation, information integration, and online optimization. How these three thrusts relate to a manufacturing facility´s generic activities is detailed. The authors define manufacturing control as the actuation of a manufacturing plant to make products, using the present and past observed state of the manufacturing plant, and demand from the market. Three basic types of algorithms that are used to control factories are described. These are dispatching algorithms, scheduling algorithms, and re-order point algorithms. Manufacturing computer-control architectures and research issues are addressed.<>
Keywords :
computer integrated manufacturing; dispatching; flexible manufacturing systems; goods distribution; industrial computer control; scheduling; CIM; computer integrated manufacturing systems; customer product support; dispatching algorithms; flexible automation; information integration; manufacturing computer-control architectures; manufacturing control; manufacturing facility; manufacturing plant; online optimization; product design; reorder point algorithm; scheduling algorithms; shipping; Computer aided manufacturing; Computer integrated manufacturing; Flexible manufacturing systems; Manufacturing automation; Manufacturing systems; Material storage; Product design; Production facilities; Storage automation; Virtual manufacturing;
