Arquitectura holónica de referencia para empresas de fabricación sostenibles distribuidas

The introduction of new operational requirements to manufacturing enterprises determines an emergent complexity in their life cycle, due to different aspects such as geographic distribution, volatility and incertainty of business, incorporating TIC and intelligent technology, adoption of "edge technologies" to scales macro, meso and micro and incorporation of sustainability requirements. In the present work, it has established a paradigmatic framework to conceive Enterprises under an Integrated Architecture, as provided by its complexity from the variety required for sustainability (S) integrating business objectives (Economic S.), natural environment (Ecological S.) and individuals, social groups and cultural environment (Social S.). For this, the Holonic paradigm is proposed as a framework for bio-psychosocial inspiration that enables the design of Holonic Enterprises and entities distributed in the range required by the environment.La introducción de nuevos requerimientos operacionales a las empresas de fabricación determina una complejidad emergente en su ciclo de vida debida a distintos aspectos tales como: su distribución geográfica, volatilidad e incertidumbre de los negocios, incorporación de TIC y tecnología inteligente, adopción de “tecnologías de borde” a escalas macro, meso y micro e incorporación de requerimientos de sostenibilidad. En el presente trabajo, se ha establecido un marco paradigmático que permita concebir empresas bajo una arquitectura integrada, que contemple su complejidad desde la variedad requerida para la sostenibilidad (S), integrando los objetivos del negocio (S. Económica), el medioambiente natural (S. Ecológica) y las personas, grupos sociales y el medio cultural (S. Social). Para ello, se plantea el paradigma holónico como un marco de inspiración bio-psico-social que posibilita la concepción de empresas como entidades holónicas distribuidas de la variedad requerida por el entorn

Energy-aware manufacturing operations

This editorial introduces the special issue on energy-aware manufacturing operations in the International Journal of Production Research. The 12 papers in this special issue were selected because of their high quality and also because they deal with topics related to energy-aware manufacturing operations. Three broad challenges are collectively addressed by the papers in this special issue: energy-efficiency vs. manufacturing-system effectiveness in optimisation; the volatility in energy availability, supply and cost; modelling energy consumption in varying scales and across different sub-systems. Previous global discussions about the state of the art in energy-aware manufacturing operations are provided, as well as exploratory guidelines for future research in this area