Implementing Manufacturing Message Specifications (MMS) within collaborative virtual environments over the Internet

An Integrated Framework for Intelligently Reconfigurable Manufacturing Control System Based on Knowledge Function Block

“…Specially, its resource tier is divides into VMD (virtual manufacturing device) [6] layer and device controller layer. In virtue of data flow and event flow, multiple function blocks can make up of a composite function block which can fulfill the more complex control assignment.…”

Service-oriented software architecture for flexible manufacturing control system

“…A VMD offers all services concerning itself and its related abstractions such as Domains, Named variables and Program invocation. The MMS standard and the so-called companion standards give important guidelines for mapping the very general MMS model to each of these particular equipment classes [2], [7].…”

“…This client/server communication model of MMS environment is shown in Figure 1. The manufacturing message protocol machine (MMPM) is responsible for exchanging the packets of information called protocol data units (PDUs) between the client application and the server application [7]. Messages or PDUs passed to the MMPM are specified in Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1); therefore, an encoding and decoding mechanism is required to pack and unpack manufacturing messages [2].…”

Fostering collaborative meta-value chain practices

“…Many authors (Raghunathan, 1999;Deek et al 2003;Shang et al 2003;Akkermans, 2004;Bititci et al 2005;Petersen et al 2005;Pappas et al 2006;Sohn, and Lim, 2008) have presented the main advantages of maintaining supply chain collaborative practices whereas there is not that much research done yet that point out the advantages of meta-value chain practices. According to some works (Prasad and Sounderpandian, 2003), (Rupp and Ristic, 2004), (Fairchild, 2005), (Seuring, 2006), (Ketchen and Hult, 2007), it is possible to affirm that there are several benefits to be achieved from meta-value chain practices such as i) higher value added to customers, in terms of improved value proposition by offering an Extended Value Proposition, which will allow customers to have available a combination of products/services that F o r P e e r R e v i e w O n l y will meet and even overcome their expectations and needs; ii) enhancement of overall competitiveness, as enterprises will be able to provide differentiated products/services respect to other.…”