Operation Modes of Smart Factory for High-End Equipment Manufacturing in the Internet and Big Data Era

Due to the sustained and rapid growth of information and communication technology (ICT) and automation techniques, smart factories for high-end equipment manufacturing involve extensive collaborative networks and knowledge sets. Conventional manufacturing modes are undergoing profound reforms in the Internet and Big Data era, and operations management of such factories should lay more emphasis on service values. To this end, the current manufacturing modes and operations management strategies are fully investigated in this paper. A CPSS (cyber-physical-social system)-based manufacturing mode of smart factories for high-end equipment manufacturing is put forward. The connotation of operations management of smart factory is extended based on the introduction of service value and value chain, thus contributing to a win-win situation of an enterprise and its customers. Furthermore, a multi-participation Blockchain-based collaborative manufacturing model for smart factories is presented.