CAREER: Design and Implementation of a Knowledge-Based Agile Manufacturing Information System

9624309 纳吉 该职业奖强调敏捷制造信息系统领域的研究和教育相结合的方面，以管理和控制虚拟或多伙伴关系企业的合作公司之间的信息流。 本研究的研究部分提出一个架构，其中：（1）使用面向对象的方法，以层次化的方式对信息进行建模。 (2)合作伙伴之间的信息流是由一组分布式的基于知识的系统（KBS，每个合作伙伴一个），反映合作伙伴的具体信息控制策略。 (3)该系统的实现是基于客户端-服务器架构。 研究问题正在考虑与工业合作伙伴的项目（1），项目（2）的设计，建模和验证多个知识库系统，并在分布式计算机实现。 这项工作的教育部分侧重于两项具体活动，最终将允许更广泛的教学和发展活动。 (1)多用途敏捷制造模拟课程与实验室开发。 在模拟环境中，参与者将扮演敏捷公司的角色，开发或“运行”产品的设计到制造生命周期。 (2)课程和教材开发的主题课程，在敏捷制造，将侧重于信息技术工具和概念的基础知识，以支持敏捷实践。 这项工作将促进合作和协同作用，以建立一个具有竞争力的美国制造业基地。 它将使制造业能够在敏捷企业的应用系统之间建立基于信息（无纸化）和策略管理的关系。 这将使他们能够共同和有竞争力地应对在激烈的全球经济中施加的成本，质量和交货时间压力。 实际的好处是无纸化信息集成，消除数据不一致，减少产品交货时间和阿索成本。

9624309 Naji This CAREER award emphasizes the combined aspects of research and education in the area of Agile Manufacturing Information Systems to manage and control information flow among collaborating companies of a virtual or multi-partnership enterprise. The research component of the study proposes a framework in which: (1) Information is modeled in a hierarchical fashion using Object-Oriented Methodology. (2) Information flow between partners is controlled by a set of distributed Knowledge-Based Systems (KBS, one for each partner) which reflect partner specific information control policies. (3) Implementation of the system is based on a Client-Server architecture. Research issues are being considered with an industrial partner on item (1), on design, modeling and validation of multiple KBS for item (2), and on distributed computer implementations. The education component of this work focuses on two specific activities that will ultimately allow a broader range of instructional and developmental activities. (1) Course and laboratory development for a multi-purpose agile manufacturing simulation. In a simulated setting, participants will act as agile companies and either develop or "run" a design-to-manufacture life-cycle of a product. (2) Course and educational material development of a topics course in agile manufacturing which will focus on the fundamentals of information technology tools and concepts to support agile practices. This work will facilitate collaboration and synergism for a competitive US manufacturing base. It will enable manufacturing industries to establish information-based (paperless) and policy governed relationships among application systems of an agile enterprise. This will enable them to collectively and competitively respond to cost, quality and lead-time pressures being imposed in a fierce global economy. Practical benefits are the paperless information integration, elimination of data inconsistencies, and reduction in product lead-times and asso ciated costs.