Towards a holon-product oriented management
Résumé
This paper describes research currently being carried out in the field of holonic Manufacturing Systems as a step towards holonic concept partial validation. The originality of the presented work deals with the idea that process management may be achieved not only by machines, operators, but also by part and product itself, carrying and managing its own information. Presented research work deals with STEP methodology and formal models to provide a product-holon behavior validation case for manufacturing control, based on information management. This paper demonstrates the feasibility of high level information structuration, based on product data definition, with advanced management technics on attached escort memories. Distribution of the information system onto each individual product requires tools and methods to manage and provide access to product related information for resources, automated systems and human operators. Automatic identification technology using electronic data carriers, Radio Frequency transponder, can provide such functionality and act as product information vectors to provide a generic support for holon-product implementation.
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