Development of Innovative Operational Flexibility Measurement Model for Smart Systems in Industry 4.0 Paradigm

Abstract

The exponential growth of cutting-edge technologies continuously pushing the manufacturing industry into the paradigm of smart manufacturing. Smart manufacturing provides the pace of highly competitive market demand and customized intensive production. The goal of smart manufacturing technologies embedded systems in the Industry 4.0 paradigm and lean production is to enhance the flexibility in all tears of the enterprise. It is a big challenge, to measure the flexibility of smart systems for decisionmaking and adaptation of the new manufacturing technologies. The conceptual architecture of smart manufacturing systems has been proposed to solve the problem. Operational flexibility has been measured using a mathematical model for smart manufacturing in the Open Platform Communication Unified Architecture enabled Cyber-Physical Production System at shop floor level and validated. The results obtained from experimentation depict the operational flexibility, maximum capacity, and breakeven point of the manufacturing system have been improved by using smart manufacturing technologies. The proposed model improves the product manufacturing using Smart Computer Numeric Control Machining, Smart Autonomous Robotic Machining, Smart Additive Manufacturing and Smart Hybrid Additive & Subtractive Manufacturing up to 30.4%, 53.6%, 55% and 65% respectively. It will also help the decision-makers to overcome the challenges of transformation from conventional to smart manufacturing industry 4.0 paradigm.

An Overview of Artificial Intelligence in Product Design for Smart Manufacturing

“…Smart manufacturing consists of six pillars: manufacturing technology and process, materials, data, predictive engineering, sustainability, and resource sharing and networking [2,3]. The naming of the pillars vary depending on time, organisation, or researcher (e.g., production planning has been used instead of predictive engineering).…”

“…This paper focuses on the characteristics rather than the names. The characteristics of smart manufacturing (Fig 1 .) are as follows: • Flexibility: it is defined as the ability to adjust and operate due to changing requirements [3], as well as increasing market demand in terms of customisation and personalised products (e.g., changing colour, changing the part, more features added). Therefore, the manufacturers require to develop the systems, methods, and tools for more flexibility and cutting down the lead time, leading to meeting customer needs and launching the products in time and increasing market competition.…”

“…The fourth industrial revolution is characterised by smart manufacturing, which plays an essential role in the world. The crucial features of smart manufacturing are the complete integration of the various technologies to increase flexibility through real-time responses and collaborations [1][2][3]. All features aim to serve the product to customers on time with high efficiency so customer needs can be satisfied through personalisation and customisation.…”

Human-centered management in polyergatic information systems. Multi-criteria distribution of functions between operators

“…The Fourth Industrial Revolution allowed the expansion of the widespread introduction of robots and automation [1][2][3] . The efficiency of agricultural and industrial production has significantly increased [4][5][6], educational technologies and means of access to information resources have changed dramatically [7][8][9]. However, unfortunately, in recent years the problem of the socalled "human factor" [10][11][12] has become increasingly apparent.…”