System-of-system approaches and challenges for multi-site manufacturing

In the multi-site manufacturing domain, systems-of-systems (SoS) are rarely called so. However, there exist a number of collaborative manufacturing paradigms which closely relate to system-of-system principles. These include distributed manufacturing, dispersed network manufacturing, virtual enterpr...

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Main Authors: Ford, S., Rauschecker, U., Athanassopoulou, N.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
cloud manufacturing
Collaboration
collaborative manufacturing
dispersed network manufacturing
distributed manufacturing
Integrated multi-site manufacturing
Manufacturing
manufacturing-as-a-service
Production
SoS
system-of-systems
Systems engineering and theory
virtual enterprise
Virtual enterprises
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Summary:In the multi-site manufacturing domain, systems-of-systems (SoS) are rarely called so. However, there exist a number of collaborative manufacturing paradigms which closely relate to system-of-system principles. These include distributed manufacturing, dispersed network manufacturing, virtual enterprises and cloud manufacturing/manufacturing-as-a-service. This paper provides an overview of these terms and paradigms, exploring their characteristics, overlaps and differences. These manufacturing paradigms are then considered in relation to five key system-of-systems characteristics: autonomy, belonging, connectivity, diversity and emergence. Data collected from two surveys of academic and industry experts is presented and discussed, with key challenges and barriers to multi-site manufacturing SoS identified.
DOI:10.1109/SYSoSE.2012.6384164