A methodology for expressing CIM reference architectures

Böhms, H.M.; Tolman, F.P.

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“…2. It acts as a checklist to compare with the current system (as-is situation description or benchmark) [12]. Existing systems can be evaluated for completeness [11].…”

Section: Reference Architectures In Mpc Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…3. It acts as a diagnostic tool to identify problems by comparing with the as-is model (problem specification or diagnosis) [12]. It helps determine the efforts required to migrate from an existing situation to a desired future situation [1] (i.e.…”

Section: Reference Architectures In Mpc Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…4. It acts as a construction tool to create an accurate specification of a desired system (to-be situation prescription or therapy) [12]. It can also act as a design guide for a new system [11] and as a model of essential processes [13].…”

Section: Reference Architectures In Mpc Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…5. It can be used to check the developed model and evaluate the specification (evaluation of the to-be model) [12]. It can be used as the basis for simulation techniques and for predictions and evaluations of system effectiveness applied to different problems and situations [1].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Application of a generic manufacturing planning and control system reference architecture to different manufacturing environments

Howard

Kochhar

Dilworth³

1999

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B:

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This paper describes a generic reference architecture for a manufacturing planning and control (MPC) system, which is tested in the context of the functional specification of MPC systems in medium-sized batch manufacturing companies. While the proposed reference architecture is an adaptation of the manufacturing resource planning (MRPII) model, it can also represent other approaches such as multilevel finite capacity scheduling and hybrid systems incorporating pull control (e.g. kanban). Furthermore, it is not as functionally rigid as the MRPII approach and can support the development of manufacturing planning and control systems to support the identified business processes. It is shown how the reference architecture can be used to represent companies who operate very different MPC approaches. It is also shown that the architecture can support different projects (i.e. business process re-engineering, performance measurement and the implementation of computerized MPC systems). Field tests demonstrate that the architecture is generic, has a broad application, yet is detailed enough usefully to represent the functionality of a suitable MPC system in individual manufacturing environments.

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“…2. It acts as a checklist to compare with the current system (as-is situation description or benchmark) [12]. Existing systems can be evaluated for completeness [11].…”

Section: Reference Architectures In Mpc Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Reference Architectures In Mpc Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Reference Architectures In Mpc Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Reference Architectures In Mpc Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Application of a generic manufacturing planning and control system reference architecture to different manufacturing environments

Howard

Kochhar

Dilworth³

1999

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B:

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“…Preceding and in some cases concurrent with this work, the research community produced several integrated model definitions including GARM [27], the AEC Building Systems Model [63], ATLAS [9], the RATAS model [5], OPIS [25], and the COMBINE Integrated Data Model [32]. These research efforts tended to propose a data model and also provide a suite of tools to manipulate the model (as a proof of concept), or a central database to serve model elements to other applications used in the construction project process via some form of adapter [6] [7] [26].One of the most recent incarnations of the central database idea can be seen in the IFC Model Server from VTT of Finland [64] designed to host entire building models described in the IAI IFC format.…”

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Past, present and future of information and knowledge sharing in the construction industry: Towards semantic service-based e-construction?

Rezgui

Boddy

Wetherill

et al. 2011

Computer-Aided Design

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On reference modelling of integrated manufacturing systems using OOA

Vosniakos

Williams²

1997

Information Infrastructure Systems for Manufacturing

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This work advocates the use of Object Orientation as basis of a methodology for creating reference models of manufacturing systems. Work on reference modelling of manufacturing systems integration is reviewed first. Then this work's own standpoint on reference modelling is outlined with definition of the main concepts. Reference models are distinguished from actual-implementation models through the need for generalisation, abstraction and expansion ability. Coad and Yourdon's Object Oriented Analysis is used to demonstrate reference modelling of structural, transformation and procedural aspects of a batchprocessing shop-floor system, explaining how manufacturing systems entities are mapped to OOA entities. The main concepts introduced along with discussion of relevant examples are a phenomenological View, application-related Views, abstraction hierarchy of objects and expansion ability of the model to advance from abstract to environment-specific reference models. Modular instancing of entities is also discussed in the context of further work. KeywordsSystem Analysis, Manufacturing Systems, Shop-floor, Coad-Yourdon's OOA. INTRODUCTIONManufacturing system integration typically addresses many subsystems performing complex sequences of actions, which possibly run concurrently. Cross-area integration in manufacturing systems refers to the specification of common goals, outputs from one area forming inputs to other areas, crossarea consultation between functions, and repercussions of parameter changes in one area onto other areas (Burbidge, 1987 In an effort to design and implement integrated manufacturing systems the concept of reference models has been explicitly or implicitly recognised to be of fundamental importance (Biemans, 1991), (Jochern, 1989), In general, the term 'reference model' describes an 'ideal' or 'target' configuration of a manufacturing system or of parts of it and therefore it has a 'prescription' or 'recipe' connotation. A reference architecture by contrast defines a modelling methodology (rules referring both to the modelled domain and to the modelling task and structures, possibly including a modelling language) (Aguiar, 1995). Another term which is often used in literature as equivalent to a reference model ofa high level of abstraction is 'generic model', e.g. in a production control context (Filip, 1993).According to one classification, there are four main types of use of reference models for manufacturing systems: Benchmarking, Diagnosis, Design, Evaluation (Bohrns, 1993).A CIM Reference model in the context of process industries is given in (McCarthy, 1990). It consists of a number of sub-models, namely organisational, control strategy, information flow and network connectivity used to derive the functions needed in a plant information systemIn designing automated production control systems, system aspects captured by a reference model are categorised as behavioural, information and functional (Lhoste, 1993). A 'diachronic' system life cycle is advocated, using the equivalent of ...

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A methodology for expressing CIM reference architectures

Cited by 7 publications

References 1 publication

Application of a generic manufacturing planning and control system reference architecture to different manufacturing environments

Application of a generic manufacturing planning and control system reference architecture to different manufacturing environments

Past, present and future of information and knowledge sharing in the construction industry: Towards semantic service-based e-construction?

On reference modelling of integrated manufacturing systems using OOA

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