A reference model for production control

Abstract The paper describes a reference model from which specific models for production control can be built. The reference model consists of a six-level Factory Automation Model (FAM) which provides the structure for allocating the various tasks in a manufacturing enterprise and furnishes a useful mechanism for expressing control and information flow. Details of activities at the various levels of this FAM are described by a network of Generic Action Models which are overlaid on the FAM structure.