인터-모듈러팩토리 시스템 아키텍처 개발(고객주문관리시스템 중심으로)

Abstract

A manufacturing supply chain is a set of multi-vendors directly connected by one or more upstream and downstream processes producing goods from source materials for customers. From this point of view, management is an activity optimizing its value-added processes, materials, final goods, and related information among suppliers, manufacturers and customers. Most previous researches about manufacturing supply chain optimization had concentrated on statistically analyzing and configuring fixed supply chains such as vertical or horizontal integrations as there was little possibility of flexible and adaptable production systems. However, some state-of-the-art researches, especially oriented from Germany, have recently recognized potentials of a highly flexible and adaptable production system called Modular factory based on the realization of Internet of Things, Industry 4.0. This research is an extension of the concept of Modular factory. This research proposed the Inter-Modular factory architecture for general manufacturing supply chains of higher flexibility and adaptability which can meet customers’ specific needs. Then the designed architecture was realized as the order management system prototype. The primary functions of Inter-Modular factory realized by the system prototype are followings, (1) searching multi-vendors, (2) confirming their facility specifications, (3) verifying their enabling manufacturing schedules before order acknowledgement. Effectivenesses of the primary functions were verified by survey of field experts.