A Graphical Environment to Support the Development of Affordable Digital Manufacturing Solutions
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Authors
Ling, Zhengyang
De Silva, Lavindra
Hawkridge, Gregory https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7539-1697
McFarlane, Duncan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1558-7823
Martínez-Arellano, Giovanna
Abstract
Digital solutions have the potential to drastically transform manufacturing operations, but smaller manufacturing businesses (SMEs) have been reluctant to adopt digital solutions due to perceived investment and upskilling costs. The Digital Manufacturing on a Shoestring project was thus established to facilitate the process of digital solution adoption in manufacturing SMEs. To this end, a solution development approach was proposed including a graphical environment to support the design of affordable digital solutions. This paper discusses the concepts and methods underlying this graphical design environment, including its early implementation. A preliminary evaluation is also presented involving industrial user studies with SMEs
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Title
A Graphical Environment to Support the Development of Affordable Digital
Manufacturing Solutions
Keywords
4014 Manufacturing Engineering, 40 Engineering, 9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
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Service Oriented, Holonic and Multi-Agent Manufacturing Systems for Industry of the Future
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Springer Nature
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9783030991074
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Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/R032777/1)