Presidential Young Investigator Award: Design and Development of a Manufacturing Enterprise Architecture

本研究的目标是设计和开发制造企业体系结构(MEA)，作为未来工厂实施计算机集成制造(CIM)的蓝图。这种方法对于制造领域是必要的，特别是在CIM的背景下。在研究的初始阶段，服装/纺织品制造部门将用于开发纺织服装制造架构(TAMA)。目前可用于开发这种体系结构的方法不能很好地用于调查，因为象征性知识在企业的成功运作(如生产计划和调度)中发挥着关键作用。随后，TAMA将被推广到包括其他制造工艺。还将调查与制造业领域或行业独立的观点有关的问题。因此，五年的研究目标不仅是在纺织/服装制造中成功实施CIM，而且要为未来的工厂制定通用的MEA。

The objective of this research effort is to design and develop manufacturing enterprise architecture (MEA), which will serve as a blueprint for the implementation of computer integrated manufacturing (CIM) in the factory of the future. This approach is necessary to the domain of manufacturing, especially in the context of CIM. During the initial phase of the research, the apparel/textile manufacturing sector will be used for the development of the Textile Apparel Manufacturing Architecture (TAMA). Methodologies currently available for the development of such an architecture, do not lend themselves well to the investigation since symbolic knowledge plays a crucial role in the successful operation of an enterprise (e.g., in production planning and scheduling). TAMA will subsequently be generalized to encompass other manufacturing processes. Issues related to a domain or industry independent view of manufacturing will also be investigated. Thus, the five-year research objective is not only to have a successful implementation of CIM in textile/apparel manufacturing, but also to have a generic MEA for the factory of the future.