This paper examines a number of theoretical and practical issues concerning the use of decision-theoretic planning to implement agents in market-based systems. The markets considered here result from the decomposition of complex, intra-organizationai resource allocation problems such as manufacturing scheduling. Although these problems can be formulated as monolithic optimization problems, they...

Robust and informed decisions are important for the efficient and effective operation of installed production facilities. The paper discusses information fusion and situations for decision making, as well as the use of manufacturing resource simulation for design/configuration, operational planning & scheduling, and service & maintenance. A generic model for information fusion is presented, whi...

Building Information Modeling (BIM) is an emerging paradigm on the AEC/FM (Architecture, Engineering and Construction/Facilities Management) field specially focused on the technical aspects of the design of a building. BIM enabled tools are mainly used by architects and engineers. On the other hand, ERP systems (Enterprise Resource Planning) are a more mature technology whose use is widespread ...

The origins of MES systems go back to early ‘80s, when MES concept was still connected to Data Collection System. Many companies, in fact, used a data collection system belonging to CIM Model 1 for an integrated manufacturing model. As years go by and with the change of industries’ needs due to an increasing globalization and more specific customer demands, the necessity to create a new model (...

A key issue in integrating process planning systems with design systems and production planning systems is how to overcome barriers in data exchange and sharing amongst software systems. Each software system has its own proprietary data format and definition, which is often not available to users. This paper presents the activity model and a machining process plan data model developed as an int...

The material requirement planning (MRP) process is crucial when software packages, like enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, are used in the production planning for manufacturing enterprises to ensure that appropriate quantities of raw materials and subassemblies are provided at the right time. Whereas little attention has been paid to the architectural aspects of MRP process in academi...

The technique for efficiently managing management resources by ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) and SCM (Supply-Chain Management) has been widely introduced in the manufacturing business before. Recently, PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) to which ERP and SCM is enhanced is spreading. PLM is paid to attention now by the technique for managing the product planning, the design, manufacturing, ...

Process planning plays an important role for ensuring machining quality, reducing production cost, and shortening leading time. Since there are many uncertainty factors for manufacturing resources in a changing manufacturing environment, especially for small batch manufacturing of large scale parts requiring long process planning time, manufacturing companies are facing significant challenges o...

In the era of Industry 4.0, automation is backbone for any industry to grow and sustain. Many studies suggest that ERP system helps industries integrate automate most business processes, enhance production efficiency financial performance. However, manufacturing with make-to-order model are struggling planning control systems. The aim this research provide solution overcoming problems late orde...

In the field of manufacturing systems automated data acquisition and development of technological innovations like manufacturing execution systems (MES), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Advanced Planning Systems (APS) and new trends in Big Data and Business Intelligence (BI) have given rise to new applications and methods of existing decision support technologies. Today manufacturers need a...