Developments of Manufacturing Systems with a Focus on Product and Process Quality

In this section MS as well as recent developments in the area of holistic IM and related topics will be presented. Furthermore, certain basic aspects of manufacturing, MS and related areas are described in detail in order to allow readers to familiarize themselves with the fundamental terms and definitions used throughout this dissertation. In each subsection, concluding paragraphs summarize how the described topic is relevant to the research and putting it in perspective. Main principles and how they are utilized throughout this dissertation is summarized there. First the manufacturing domain is illustrated, focusing on manufacturing processes, products and manufacturing itself, highlighting process monitoring, process control and process diagnostics. This first subsection is rather descriptive, building a basic understanding of the terms and definitions. As product and process quality and its understanding is used differently in varying contexts, in this section, the definitions of quality related terms and approaches fundamental to the recent developments in manufacturing systems are derived. Presenting holonic and intelligent manufacturing systems in the next subsection, as they are a widely recognized conceptual and holistic view on modern manufacturing. In the previous sections, the connection to the information and data perspective is omnipresent. Therefore, an introduction to information and data management in manufacturing, incl. Big Data and information quality is presented. Concluding, key challenges of the recent developments in MS from a product and process information perspective are discussed.