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RFID-enabled real-time manufacturing execution system for mass-customization production |
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| Authors: | Ray Y. Zhong Q.Y. Dai T. Qu G.J. Hu George Q. Huang |
| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China;2. School of Information Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, China;3. School of Electromechanical Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, China;4. Guangdong Keda Electrical and Mechanical Co., Ltd., Foshan, China |
| Abstract: | Mass-customization production (MCP) companies must fight with shop-floor uncertainty and complexity caused by wide variety of product components. The research is motivated by a typical MCP company that has experienced inefficient scheduling due to paper-based identification and manual data collection. This paper presents an RFID-enabled real-time manufacturing execution system (RT-MES). RFID devices are deployed systematically on the shop-floor to track and trace manufacturing objects and collect real-time production data. Disturbances are identified and controlled within RT-MES. Planning and scheduling decisions are more practically and precisely made and executed. Online facilities are provided to visualize and manage real-time dynamics of shop-floor WIP (work-in-progress) items. A case study is reported in a collaborating company which manufactures large-scale and heavy-duty machineries. The efficiency and effectiveness of the proposed RT-MES are evaluated with real-life industrial data for shop-floor production management in terms of workers, machines and materials. |
| Keywords: | Mass-customization production (MCP) Radio frequency identification (RFID) Real-time Manufacturing execution system (MES) Work-in-progress (WIP) |
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