Abstract:As assembly systems move into the era of mass customisation, the complexity of design processes, (re)configurations and operations rises. Well-structured data are key in keeping this complexity manageable. Hereto, this paper presents a multidimensional formal skill model designed to deliver generic descriptions of needs and capacities with skills as the connector between products, processes and resources. The model formalises resource structures in relation to the processes they master and products they can pr… Show more
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