Host: The Institute of Systems, Control and Information Engineers
Name : 2018 International Symposium of Flexible Automation
Location : Kanazawa Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Kanazawa Japan
Date : July 15, 2018 - July 19, 2018
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Recently new technology emerges for innovating design and manufacturing activities. It is well recognized the influences of advanced ICT, IoT, model-based engineering and system engineering. The innovation is generally called as smart manufacturing. Core technology of smart manufacturing is comprehensive digitalization of whole products and processes, which enables completely new system architecture. A manufacturing system becomes a system of systems, which is open and flexible to configure and manage. Traditional engineering chains and supply chains will be re-configured into flexible network configurations. Direct process-to process communication becomes possible, and enables to realize connected smart products which exhibit new services and value additions to product customers. In these innovations, IT itself cannot create any new systems, but vision and concept for manufacturing come first, and a system is realized by IT. IT platform is an IT system framework for architecting and implementing a target system by utilizing component systems and modules, and will play an important role as a new work space for an industrial ecosystem. This presentation will review recent trends of smart manufacturing, identify core technology and methods for innovations, and discuss the practical approach based on IT platforms. Some examples from industries and national projects will be shown.
