This paper reviews some of the most recently reported research into novel strategies for global manufacturing systems interoperability. Such research can be categorised as addressing four broad topic areas: the Sensing Manufacturing Enterprise; Semantics and Knowledge Management in Manufacturing; Service Orientation and the Need for Negotiation; and Business Interoperability. Thus we identify a...

In this paper, a mixed-integer linearized programming (MINLP) model is presented to design a group layout (GL) of a cellular manufacturing system (CMS) in a dynamic environment with considering production planning (PP) decisions. This model incorporates with an extensive coverage of important manufacturing features used in the design of CMSs. There are also some features that make the presented...

Manufacturing firms are forced to devise in new information systems and more intensive methods for both products design and processes development in a totally changed modern manufacturing environment. Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) system is more attractive and useful for survival of a manufacturing company in quickly changing marketplaces [1]. The use of CIM systems requires a large n...

Holonic manufacturing is a concept of considerable promise as it can provide the flexibility and responsiveness required by virtual enterprises. However, if this promise is to be realised, two key issues need to be addressed. First, migration strategies must be developed to enable existing manufacturing systems using conventional controller technology to progressively incorporate holonic manufa...

Market-oriented production systems generally have the characteristics of multi-product and small-batch production. Dynamic virtual cellular manufacturing create cells periodically in a planning horizon to respond changing demands flexibly quickly, thus are suitable for problems market-oriented systems. In current research, we propose dynamic cell reconfiguration framework under environment with...

Manufacturing is using Virtual Reality tools to enhance the product life cycle. Their definitions are still in flux and it is necessary to define their connections. Thus, firstly, we will introduce more closely some definitions where we will show that, if the Virtual manufacturing concepts originate from machining operations and evolve in this manufacturing area, lots of applications exist in d...

Abstract Digital Twin (DT) is considered a key approach to enhance the system reactivity uncertain events due its ability getting data from field and triggering actions on physical asset. Given modern technological rapidly changing work environment, it likely that in next years companies will need retrofit their manufacturing systems by integrating DTs. In this context, fundamental define neces...

The paper takes the shipbuilding enterprise as the subject of study, analyzes the market pattern of world shipbuilding enterprise, presents shipbuilding virtual enterprise based on agile manufacturing according to the present situation and development trend of our shipbuilding enterprise, and describes the solution scheme of shipbuilding virtual enterprise information integration platform. The ...

Global competition and rapidly changing customer requirements afe forcing manufacturing enterprises to assume new production styles and configurations. Today, the agility has to concem not just operations and technology aspects but also organization: in this framework the concept of virtual organisation seems to be a new emerging paradigm to improve manufacturing firm competitiveness. Several r...