Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
Volume 159, Issue -, Pages 16-28Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2014.09.004
Keywords
Distributed monitoring and scheduling; Intelligent decision-making; Cloud technology; Managerial implications
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- Sichuan University [SKYB201301, SKZX2013-DZ07]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [71302134, 71371130]
- Hong Kong Polytechnic University [YK73]
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Global manufacturing companies have some pressing needs to improve production visibility and decision-making performance by implementing effective production monitoring and scheduling. This paper proposes a radio frequency identification (RFID)-based intelligent decision support system architecture to handle production monitoring and scheduling in a distributed manufacturing environment. A pilot implementation of the architecture is reported in a distributed clothing manufacturing environment. RFID and cloud technologies were integrated for real-time and remote production capture and monitoring. Intelligent optimization techniques were also implemented to generate effective production scheduling solutions. A prototype system with remote monitoring and production scheduling functions was developed and implemented in a distributed manufacturing environment, which demonstrated the effectiveness of the architecture. The proposed architecture has good extensibility and scalability, which can easily be integrated with production decision-making as well as production and logistics operations in the supply chain. Lastly, this paper discusses the difficulties encountered and lessons learned during system implementation and the managerial implications of the proposed architecture. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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