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Industrial Applications of Holonic and Multi-Agent Systems pp 128–139Cite as

Towards an Ontology for Small Series Production

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We describe the derivation of ontology to capture knowledge regarding small series manufacturing. This work is motivated by use-cases ranging from the assembly of large aircraft built from about 6 million parts to the production of galley inserts, both plagued by problems for arising from the same interplay between product and production engineering. During ramp-up stages of such production, there are challenges of innovative technologies, high quality and safety standards or the structural complexity of products which frequently cause supply-chain problems or require revisions of the designs that result in significant financial losses. These conditions differ significantly from standard production scenarios. Based on a detailed domain analysis, we identify five requirements for the type of knowledge to be captured in ontology, and then proceed to propose a first version of such an ontology addressing these requirements, thus providing an appropriate semantic base for intelligent, associative tools that can effectively support ramp-up management.

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  1. Cologne University of Applied Sciences, Claudiusstraße 1, 50968, Köln, Germany

    Udo Inden

  2. Manchester Business School, Booth Street West, Manchester, M15 6PB, UK

    Nikolay Mehandjiev

  3. University of Hagen, Universitätsstraße 1, 58097, Hagen, Germany

    Lars Mönch

  4. Czech Technical University in Prague, Technická 2, 166 27, Prague 6, Czech Republic

    Pavel Vrba

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  1. Department of Cybernetics, Czech Technical University, Technická 2, 166 27, Prague, Czech Republic

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  2. Department of Production Engineering, Tampere University of Technology, Korkeakoulunkatu 6, 33720, Tampere, Finland

    Jose L. Martinez Lastra

  3. Smart Solutions Ltd., Moscowskoe shosse 17, 443013, Samara, Russia

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Inden, U., Mehandjiev, N., Mönch, L., Vrba, P. (2013). Towards an Ontology for Small Series Production. In: Mařík, V., Lastra, J.L.M., Skobelev, P. (eds) Industrial Applications of Holonic and Multi-Agent Systems. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 8062. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40090-2_12

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