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Knowledge based manufacturing system (KBMS)

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Production management, in batch type manufacturing environment, is regarded by the current research community as a very complex task. This paper claims that the complexity is a result of the system approach where management performance relies on decisions made at a too early stage in the manufacturing process. Decisions are made and stored in company databases by engineers who are neither economists nor production planner’s experts. This paper presents a new method where engineer’s task is not to make decisions but rather to prepare a knowledge-based “road map”. The road map method does introduce flexibility and dynamics in the manufacturing process and thus simplifies the decision making process in production planning. Each user will generate a routine that meets his/her needs at the time of needs by using KBMS CAPP. Thereby this method increases dramatically manufacturing efficiency.

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  1. Hal-Teck, 20a Dobnov St., Tel-Aviv, 64369, Israel

    Gideon Halevi

  2. Department of Production and Quality Engineering, NTNU, 7491, Trondheim, Norway

    Kesheng Wang

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Halevi, G., Wang, K. Knowledge based manufacturing system (KBMS). J Intell Manuf 18, 467–474 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10845-007-0049-1

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