Design and Implementation of a Broker for Cloud Additive Manufacturing Services

Modekurthy, Venkata P.; Liu, Xiaoqing F.; Fletcher, Kenneth K.; Leu, Ming C.

doi:10.1115/1.4030670

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“…At the same time, the joint adoption of "mobile devices" such as (Guo et al, 2013;Reif and Walch, 2008). As another example, AM is not only able to reduce time and cost for product development and manufacturing, but if combined with cloud technologies can open to totally new business models for manufacturing companies, exploiting the so-called CMfg (Modekurthy et al, 2015).…”

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The impacts of Industry 4.0: a descriptive survey in the Italian manufacturing sector

Zheng

Ardolino

Bacchetti

et al. 2019

JMTM

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate how much the Italian manufacturing companies are ready to be concretely involved in the so-called “Industry 4.0” (I4.0) journey. In particular, this paper focuses on analyzing the knowledge and adoption levels of specific I4.0 enabling technologies, also considering how organizations are involved and which are the main benefits and obstacles. Design/methodology/approach A descriptive survey has been carried out on a total of 103 respondents related to manufacturing companies of different sizes. Data collected were analyzed in order to answer five specific research questions. Findings The findings from the survey demonstrate that Italian manufacturing companies are in different positions in their journey toward the I4.0 paradigm, mainly depending on their size and informatization level. Furthermore, not all the business functions are adequately involved in this transformation and their awareness about this new paradigm seems quite low because of the absence of specific managerial roles to guide this revolution. Finally, there are strong differences concerning both benefits and obstacles related to the adoption of I4.0 paradigm, depending on the technology adoption level. Research limitations/implications Future research should focus on developing case studies about pilot I4.0 practitioners in order to understand the root cause of successful cases. Both managerial and practical references should be developed, helping Italian manufacturing enterprises to consolidate and strengthen their position in global competitive market. Finally, it would be interesting to carry out the same study in other countries in order to make comparisons and suitable benchmark analyses. Originality/value Despite scholars have debated about the adoption of technologies and the benefits related to the I4.0 paradigm, to the best of authors’ knowledge, only a few empirical surveys have been carried out until now on the adoption level of I4.0 principles in the manufacturing sector of a specific country.

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Section: 5mentioning

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The impacts of Industry 4.0: a descriptive survey in the Italian manufacturing sector

Zheng

Ardolino

Bacchetti

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“…The user tool layer is assigned as part of the service layer's functionality [77]. In [78] an agent layer to the architecture establishes a bridge between the resource demand side and the supplier. The agent layer contains the supplier of the cloud output and the demand side of the operation, the system operating connection as shown in Figure 8.…”

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Cloud Manufacturing, Internet of Things-Assisted Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technology: Reliable Tools for Sustainable Construction

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The United Nations (UN) 2030 agenda on sustainable development goals (SDGs) encourages us to implement sustainable infrastructure and services for confronting challenges such as large energy consumption, solid waste generation, depletion of water resources and emission of greenhouse gases in the construction industry. Therefore, to overcome challenges and establishing sustainable construction, there is a requirement to integrate information technology with innovative manufacturing processes and materials science. Moreover, the wide implementation of three-dimensional printing (3DP) technology in constructing monuments, artistic objects, and residential buildings has gained attention. The integration of the Internet of Things (IoT), cloud manufacturing (CM), and 3DP allows us to digitalize the construction for providing reliable and digitalized features to the users. In this review article, we discuss the opportunities and challenges of implementing the IoT, CM, and 3D printing (3DP) technologies in building constructions for achieving sustainability. The recent convergence research of cloud development and 3D printing (3DP) are being explored in the article by categorizing them into multiple sections including 3D printing resource access technology, 3D printing cloud platform (3D–PCP) service architectures, 3D printing service optimized configuration technology, 3D printing service evaluation technology, and 3D service control and monitoring technology. This paper also examines and analyzes the limitations of existing research and, moreover, the article provides key recommendations such as automation with robotics, predictive analytics in 3DP, eco-friendly 3DP, and 5G technology-based IoT-based CM for future enhancements.

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“…For the cloud manufacturing service modes of large equipment manufacturing enterprise alliances, Yang et al (2014) designed a coalition resource coordination logic framework and a multi-level coordination mechanism. Modekurthy et al (2015) introduced a cloud-based service broker system for cloud additive manufacturing that considers the preferences of consumers and the tradeoffs on service attributes, such as price, material, and accuracy, in the ranking process. Xu et al (2015) proposed a design method for capacity information sharing systems on the basis of dynamic real-time device data to solve the problem of dynamic information and knowledge sharing in cloud manufacturing.…”

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Engineering management for high-end equipment intelligent manufacturing

Yang¹,

Wang²,

Shi³

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Front. Eng

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The high-end equipment intelligent manufacturing (HEIM) industry is of strategic importance to national and economic security. Engineering management (EM) for HEIM is a complex, innovative process that integrates natural science, technology, management science, social science, and the human spirit. Newgeneration information technology (IT), including the internet, cloud computing, big data, and artificial intelligence, have made a remarkable influence on HEIM and its engineering management activities, such as product system construction, product life cycle management, manufacturing resources organization, manufacturing model innovation, and reconstruction of the enterprise ecosystem. Engineering management for HEIM is a key topic at the frontier of international academic research. This study systematically reviews the current research on issues pertaining to engineering management for HEIM under the new-generation IT environment. These issues include cross-lifecycle management, network collaboration management, task integration management of innovative development, operation optimization of smart factories, quality and reliability management, information management, and intelligent decision making. The challenges presented by these issues and potential research opportunities are also summarized and discussed.

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Design and Implementation of a Broker for Cloud Additive Manufacturing Services

Cited by 16 publications

References 26 publications

The impacts of Industry 4.0: a descriptive survey in the Italian manufacturing sector

The impacts of Industry 4.0: a descriptive survey in the Italian manufacturing sector

Cloud Manufacturing, Internet of Things-Assisted Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technology: Reliable Tools for Sustainable Construction

Engineering management for high-end equipment intelligent manufacturing

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