Abstract
In order to design of manufacturing systems, new concepts are proposed in this report. First concept is the stepwise refinement process and information model of manufacturing system. Second concept is the master model that is the core of integrated manufacturing systems including several application systems. This master model is combined with the concept of the stepwise refinement process and information model. Then this information master model is described which is useful to simulate and to evaluate the planed production system according to design processes. This report shows the prototype system for the design environment for a production system, which has several functions for integration closely with a commercial line simulator, a scheduler, and an optimization module.
