Research on Implementing Method and Applications for e-Manufacturing Systems

After describing the background of global manufacturing, the definition of e-manufacturing is given. And then a reference architecture, including the e-formalization of manufacturing facilities and the construction of e-manufacturing system based on web services, is put forward. According to it, the implementing method and the correspondent enabling techniques, such as e-manufacturing chain and its dynamic scheduling, collaborative mechanism, visualization, and data exchanges etc., are explored in depth. Finally, a software prototype is developed as a verification of above ideas so that the manufacturing transparency and accurate digital production can be achieved through e-manufacturing technology.