Ambient Intelligent Framework for Manufacturing Process Optimisation
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چکیده
This paper discusses a framework to optimise manufacturing processes for small to medium enterprises through the application of ambient intelligent technologies. To profit in today’s market, small manufacturers must be efficient and agile to minimise cost and to meet variable market demand. Smart tags, agent technology, multi-modal communication, semantic reasoning technology and contextaware applications can be leveraged to provide the manager with intuitive access to the real-time data describing the status of the shop floor environment. Two manufacturing processes are targeted for systemic innovation: shop floor control and machine maintenance.
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