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Prototyping of CIM Models

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The CIM-DEV working group takes the form of a special interest group (SIG) of eleven members, drawn from European universities and research institutes. This working group is focused on the prototyping of CIM systems. The SIG will work closely with a second working group (7400, CIM-MOD) concerned with the modelling of CIM systems, led by Professor Hans Wortmann of Eindhoven University of Technology. The target of CIM-DEV, to be pursued through the establishment of new research contacts, leading to new directions in research, is the development of a Concurrent Engineering framework between the relevant functions and business processes.
The research is concerned with the prototyping of models of computer integrated manufacture (CIM) systems using advanced information technology tools.
The major theme of the discussions has emerged as 'Design Coordination for Concurrent Engineering'. A definition of design coordination has been adopted as 'a high level concept of the planning, scheduling, representation, decision making and control of the product development with respect to time, tasks, resources and design aspects'. This is being used as a unifying concept for several research areas, each examining different aspects of this central theme. These areas are seen as central to successful implementation of concurrent engineering. These different areas are:
an architecture for design coordination (this is directed at the development of a generic open software framework to support design coordination, and will provide a framework for the other 3 research areas);
life cycle modelling of products (this is concerned with the product model throughout the product life cycle);
assembly automation (this focuses on assembly issues in concurrent engineering, in particular the integration of product design with the design of assembly systems and tools);
reuse of engineering experience (this addresses the design activity from the innovation perspective and is concerned with developing a framework and methodologies to ensure a well informed balance between reuse and creativity).
ACTIVITIES

The deliverables from the work will be a set of papers defining the possibilities for prototyping models to support the development of advanced CIM systems and, where possible, the development of these models. The models developed will be described in the following terms: (a) subject of the model; (b) the relevance of the model to advanced CIM systems; (c) the design choices which the model is designed to help analyse; (d) the performance indicators which are used in the model to evaluate the design choices; (e) the input data required by the model; (f) the output generated by the model; (g) the modelling framework (methodology tools) used; and (h) the software platform or platforms for the model. The models prototyped will focus on concurrent engineering in the ex-tended enterprise and the integration of engineering, customer order acceptance and factory scheduling.

POTENTIAL

Through the joint activities of CIM-DEV and CIM-MOD, and in view of the inherently broad and long-term perspective of the working groups' activities, the following objectives are stated:

- To investigate and highlight the potential contribution of information technology to world-class manufacturing standards which will soon be commonplace.
- To investigate and communicate industrial research issues which should be addressed by the scientific research community.

The activities of the working group can therefore play an important role in identifying exploitable solutions for industry as well as focusing on unresolved scientific issues in the application of IT in future industrial practice.

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UNIVERSITY COLLEGE GALWAY
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Letzte Aktualisierung: 17 Juni 1993

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