Title: Ambient intelligent models for remote resource control and software maintenance in manufacturing globalisation

Authors: Namkyu Park, Shiwoo Lee

Addresses: Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, USA. ' Division of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Korea

Abstract: With recent advancements in the internet technologies, there have been many innovations in the way of achieving collaboration in engineering. Because contemporary manufacturing industries tend to acquire worldwide manufacturing facilities, it became more difficult to set up, control, maintain and optimise manufacturing resources on geographically distributed sites. However, little work has been done to facilitate those resources in global manufacturing settings until recently. An Ambient Intelligent Model (AIM) to remote resource control, which controls remote manufacturing resources using a general purpose web browser, has been implemented at the internet-enabled manufacturing environment. This research presents a framework and Java implementation of the proposed AIM concept in manufacturing.

Keywords: machine control; global manufacturing; globalisation; ICT; information technology; communications technology; ambient intelligent models; remote resource control; software maintenance; internet; world wide web; collaboration; engineering; worldwide manufacturing facilities; resource optimisation; geographical distribution; factories; web browsers; Java implementation; services operations; informatics.

DOI: 10.1504/IJSOI.2010.034040

International Journal of Services Operations and Informatics, 2010 Vol.5 No.3, pp.291 - 311

Published online: 06 Jul 2010 *

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