Abstract
With the advancement of information and communication technology, manufacturing organisations are adopting digital manufacturing more than ever before. This gives rise to cloud-based manufacturing through which manufacturers can sell their production capabilities as an on-demand service termed as Manufacturing-as-a-Service (MaaS), instead of selling pre-defined products. Existing MaaS providers (e.g. online 3D printing providers) offer manufacturing customised products. But, customers have more demanding needs, such as rapid turnaround time, quality product, innovative design, etc. To meet such requirements, a Smart Manufacturing-as-a-Service (SmartMaaS) framework has been developed. In order to deliver efficient products at optimal cost, SmartMaaS can take smart actions such as negotiating with manufacturing centres (e.g. 3D printers) with respect to their availability, turnaround time, manufacturing cost, etc. In this paper, SmartMaaS is introduced and demonstrated via a prototype that is capable of accepting customers’ product request in the form of “design genes” and manufacturing 3D printed products through an actor-based system.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | 17th International Conference on Manufacturing Research ICMR 2019: Proceedings |
Publisher | IOS Press |
Number of pages | 6 |
Volume | 9 |
Edition | Advances in Manufacturing Technology XXXIII |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 28 Sept 2019 |
Event | 17th International Conference on Manufacturing Research - Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom Duration: 10 Sept 2019 → 12 Sept 2019 Conference number: 17 http://www.icmr.org.uk/ |
Publication series
Name | Advances in Manufacturing Technology XXXIII |
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Publisher | IOS Press |
Volume | 9 |
Conference
Conference | 17th International Conference on Manufacturing Research |
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Abbreviated title | ICMR 2019 |
Country/Territory | United Kingdom |
City | Belfast |
Period | 10/09/2019 → 12/09/2019 |
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Keywords
- Manufacturing-as-a-Service
- Cloud manufacturing
- Digital manufacturing
- Collaborative manufacturing
- Actor-based manufacturing
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