Web-centric diagnosis and prediction system for global manufacturing

A FIPA-enabled diagnosis and prediction system is proposed for dealing with disturbances in the flow of information and production at al levels of the holonic collaborative enterprise. Built on the power of integrated soft computing technologies the system acts as a proactive agent to continuously update its fuzzy diagnostic model by accessing remote databases found on the sites of the collaborative partners. The web-centric implementation enables advertisement of the system's services for interested parties inside and outside its area of collaboration. The system provides continuous feed-back to the production planning and operation scheduling at the intra-enterprise level by updating the maintenance schedule according to the fault predictions it perform while evaluating the evolution in time of the machine status. System's capabilities are illustrated in a simple scenario.