Towards an Internet Enabled Cooperative Manufacturing Management Framework

In this paper, manufacturing management issues are addressed at three levels: inter-enterprise, infra-enterprise and shop floor levels. An Internet enabled framework based on Web services and software agents for cooperative manufacturing management is proposed. A Web based integration environment consisting of an agent based scheduling system, a Web based remote monitoring and control system, and corresponding services is designed and developed for the shop floor management. Prototype implementation is briefly introduced and the ongoing research is prospected.