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Holonic manufacturing systems (HMS) represent a novel paradigm for addressing the problems encountered by 21st Century engineering businesses. These next generations of decentralised AI-based shop-floor control systems are geared towards: (i) high-variety low-volume manufacturing, (ii) placing these customer-specific products into the market with short order-to-delivery times, and (iii) providing a fast return on investment. The paper presents a model of a Holonic Inventory Management System (HIMS) linked with an agent-based material handling within an agile manufacturing environment.
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Fletcher, M., Mařík, V., Vrba, P. (2002). Design Issues in Holonic Inventory Management and Material Handling Systems. In: Mařík, V., Camarinha-Matos, L.M., Afsarmanesh, H. (eds) Knowledge and Technology Integration in Production and Services. BASYS 2002. IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing, vol 101. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35613-6_30
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