Abstract
As products often deviate from their original design and
specifications when being produced, adjustments of the product or
process are required in order to meet specifications. A
prerequisite for this adjustment, is appropriate and effectively
collected shop floor data. The Product State Model (PSM) is a
product model that contains continuously updated data regarding
the outcome of the production processes. The main contribution of
this paper is a definition and a description of a Production Meta
Product State Model (Production Meta PSM), using the Unified
Modelling Language (UML). The meta model incorporates a set of
characteristics associated to the (1) scope or application domain
of the PSM, (2) the artefact or product, and (3) the events
transforming the product and trigging product state changes.
Moreover, the paper provides guidelines for a specialisation of
the meta model with respect to a particular application domain,
and a demonstration of the applicability of the Production Meta
PSM based on a case study in a Holonic Manufacturing System
environment.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Product State Modelling based on a Meta Production |
| Publication date | 1999 |
| Pages | 73-89 |
| Publication status | Published - 1999 |