Nowadays, it is common for enterprises to work with outside strategic partners in order to minimize operation costs as well as tighten the product life cycle in a competitive market. To fulfill dynamic customer requirements, updated and reliable production information is necessary for manufacturers to formulate a list of process plan. However, formulating a plan is a difficult task, particularly in the environment of Made-to-Order (MTO) production, such as automotive mould manufacturing, in which the production plan of each project or product are different. In addition, production information are always scattered in different partners, making it difficult to obtain essential information for the production of moulds on time. However, this production information among different fields of expertise, which exists as a form of production knowledge, is essential to formulate a MTO type production plan. In this paper, a knowledge-based manufacturing process planning system (KMPS) is proposed to support mould manufacturers for production planning, using technologies of case-based reasoning (CBR) and rule-based reasoning (RBR). By incorporating with radio frequency identification (RFID) and web-based technology, the KMPS is capable to enable manufacturers and its partners to share production information in real-tune. In fact, this system not only helps manufacturers formulate fast and reliable production plan, but also creates the collaborative information and knowledge sharing among production partners. The prototype of KMPS is applied in an automotive mould manufacturing company to validate the feasibility in real world practice. As a result, the performance results of production covering planning, manufacturing and the delivery lead time are significantly improved after launching the proposed system.
A knowledge-based manufacturing process planning system for automotive mould manufacturing
Ein wissensbasiertes Fertigungsprozess-Planungssystem für die Herstellung von Kraftfahrzeug-Formwerkzeugen
2008
9 Seiten, 2 Bilder, 1 Tabelle, 15 Quellen
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Englisch
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