Service-oriented Approach Supporting Dynamic Manufacturing Networks Operations

[EN] In the current economic crisis, also the manufacturing sector is asked to evolve towards more dynamic organizational structures within which, composing manufacturing processes, almost in real time, will become a need. This work aims at introducing flexibility and dynamisms to current manufacturing processes by separating its tasks from its final performers. With the proposed approach, the performers replacement can be done almost seamlessly. Additionally, the approach shows how dynamic negotiation and contracting, either for a whole process or a single activity, can be smoother if the task specification is based on a standard service interface defined at the ecosystem level. At the end, a prototype implementation is briefly described.Franco Pereyra, RD.; Ortiz Bas, Á.; Gómez-Gasquet, P. (2013). Service-oriented Approach Supporting Dynamic Manufacturing Networks Operations. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology. 408:345-354. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-40543-3_37S345354408Osório, A.L., Afsarmanesh, H., Camarinha-Matos, L.M.: Open Services Ecosystem Supporting Collaborative Networks. In: Ortiz, Á., Franco, R.D., Gómez Gasquet, P. (eds.) BASYS 2010. IFIP AICT, vol. 322, pp. 80–91. Springer, Heidelberg (2010)Afsarmanesh, H., Camarinha-Matos, L., Msanjila, S.: On management of 2nd generation Virtual Organizations Breeding Environments. Annual Reviews in Control 33(2), 209–219 (2009)Afsarmanesh, H., Camarinha-Matos, L.: A Framework for Management of Virtual Organization Breeding Environments. In: Camarinha-Matos, L.M., Afsarmanesh, H., Ortiz, A. (eds.) Collaborative Networks and Their Breeding Environments. IFIP, vol. 186, pp. 35–48. Springer, Boston (2005)Franco, R.D., Ortiz Bas, A., Gómez-Gasquet, P., Rodriguez Rodriguez, R.: Open Ecosystems, Collaborative Networks and Service Entities Integrated Modeling Approach. In: Camarinha-Matos, L.M., Xu, L., Afsarmanesh, H. (eds.) Collaborative Networks in the Internet of Services. IFIP AICT, vol. 380, pp. 74–83. Springer, Heidelberg (2012)Minguez, J., Zor, S., Reimann, P.: Event-driven business process management in Engineer-to-Order supply chains. In: 2011 15th International Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design (CSCWD), pp. 624–631 (2011)Wang, X., Cai, H., Xu, B.: An Extended Petri-Net Based Approach for Supply Chain Process Modeling and Web Service Transformation. In: International Conference on Management and Service Science, MASS 2009, pp. 1–5 (2009)Mowshowitz, A.: The switching principle in Virtual Organization. eJOV 1(1), 7–18 (1999)Franco, Ortiz Bas, Lario Esteban, F.C.: Modeling extended manufacturing processes with service-oriented entities. Service Business 3(1), 31–50 (2009)Vallejos, R.V., Lima, C., Varvakis, G.: A Framework To Create A Virtual Organization Breeding Environment In The Mould And Die Sector. In: Camarinha-Matos, L.M., Afsarmanesh, H., OIlus, M. (eds.) Network-Centric Collaboration and Supporting Frameworks. IFIP, vol. 224, pp. 599–608. Springer, Boston (2006)Bocchi, L., Fiadeiro, J., Rajper, N., Reiff-Marganiec, S.: Structure and Behaviour of Virtual Organisation Breeding Environments (January 2010)Romero, D., Molina, A.: VO breeding environments & virtual organizations integral business process management framework. Information Systems Frontiers 11(5), 569–597 (2009)Ulieru, M., Grobbelaar, S.: Engineering Industrial Ecosystems in a Networked World. In: 5th IEEE International Conference on Industrial Informatics, vol. 1, pp. 1–7 (2007)Rajini, S.N.S., Bhuvaneswari, D.T.: Service Based Architecture for Manufacturing Sector (2010)Lobov, A., Puttonen, J., Herrera, V.V., Andiappan, R., Lastra, J.L.M.: Service oriented architecture in developing of loosely-coupled manufacturing systems. In: 6th IEEE International Conference on Industrial Informatics, INDIN 2008, pp. 791–796 (2008)Jammes, F., Smit, H., Lastra, J.L.M., Delamer, I.M.: Orchestration of service-oriented manufacturing processes. In: 10th IEEE Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, ETFA 2005, vol. 1, pp. 617–624 (2005)Zor, S., Görlach, K., Leymann, F.: Using BPMN for Modeling Manufacturing Processes. Neuer Wissenschaftlicher Verlag, Wien (2010

Arquitectura, metodología y plataforma tecnológica para la ingeniería y operación de redes colaborativas. Una aproximación basada en servicios digitales

Esta Tesis Doctoral presenta una propuesta integrada, compuesta por una arquitectura, una metodología y una plataforma tecnológica, cuya finalidad es facilitar la Ingeniería y Operación de Redes Colaborativas (Collaborative Networks), en el ámbito de los Virtual Breeding Environments, entendidos como facilitadores de dicho proceso. De todos los posibles aspectos a tener en cuenta en el proceso de Ingeniería de las RC, la propuesta se centra en analizar el rol de la Interoperabilidad Empresarial como principio de diseño de la solución planteada y la adopción de sus fundamentos como aspecto básico de la implementación de dicha solución. Para materializar la parte operativa de la RC, que necesita herramientas de software, la solución diseñada se apoya en una línea de trabajo muy actual en el ámbito de la Ingeniería del Software: las Arquitecturas Orientadas a Servicios como patrón de diseño e implementación de sistemas distribuidos como los que se requieren en la coordinación de los aspectos operativos de una RC. En consecuencia, teniendo en cuenta los ámbitos abordados - Redes Colaborativas, Interoperabilidad e Ingeniería de Software - se considera que las aportaciones de la Tesis se podrían dividir en dos grandes grupos. El primero de ellos recoge las aportaciones conceptuales y metodológicas - fundamentadas en los capítulos 2 al 6 - que están detalladas en los capítulos 7 y 8. En los capítulos 9 y 10 se encuentra el segundo grupo de aportaciones esta vez más ligadas al ámbito tecnológico, con la descripción de la plataforma implementada y las validaciones realizadas en las distintas herramientas Finalmente, el documento de Tesis se cierra con el capítulo de conclusiones y líneas futuras de trabajo, en los que se pone de manifiesto el potencial investigador y de transferencia que esta propuesta posee.Franco Pereyra, RD. (2012). Arquitectura, metodología y plataforma tecnológica para la ingeniería y operación de redes colaborativas. Una aproximación basada en servicios digitales [Tesis doctoral no publicada]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/16547Palanci

A reusable structural design for mobile collaborative applications

Architecting mobile collaborative applications has always been a challenge for designers. However, counting on a structural design as a reference can help developers to reduce risks and efforts involved in system design. This article presents a reusable architecture which helps modeling the communication and coordination services required by mobile collaborative applications to support collaboration among users. This architecture has been used as a basis for the design of several mobile systems. Two of them are presented in this article to show the applicability of the proposal to real world collaborative systems. © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.This work was partially supported by Fondecyt (Chile), grant Nos: 11090224, 11060467 and 1080352 and LACCIR grant No: R0308LAC005.Neyem, A.; Ochoa, S.; Pino, J.; Franco Pereyra, RD. (2012). A reusable structural design for mobile collaborative applications. Journal of Systems and Software. 85(3):511-524. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2011.05.046S51152485

Open Ecosystems, Collaborative Networks and Service Entities Integrated Modeling Approach

This paper introduces an integrated modeling approach that has been used to design and implement the ColNet platform. ColNet is the result of creating an integrated system, supporting distributed business processes design and execution in a Collaborative Network (CN) belonging to an Open Ecosystem (VBE). The work has been carried out as a part of the FP7 REMPLANET European Project, which aims at providing methods and tools for better decision-making in non-hierarchical collaborative networks. The functional alignment of Open Service Ecosystems, Collaborative Networks and Services Entities lifecycles is adopted as main functional requirements for the platform design and implementation while, at the same time, they raise an integrated modeling need. Both constitute the underlying approach followed when designing and implementing ColNet and are briefly described hereFranco Pereyra, RD.; Ortiz Bas, Á.; Gómez-Gasquet, P.; Rodríguez Rodríguez, R. (2012). Open Ecosystems, Collaborative Networks and Service Entities Integrated Modeling Approach. En IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology. 380(1):73-84. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-32775-9_8S7384380

A Framework for Improving Planning-Scheduling Collaboration in Industrial Production Environment

[EN] The work presented in this paper highlights how a real scheduling problem can be considered as a process avoiding the traditional operation research-based approach. Understanding the scheduling problem as a dynamic, uncertain and continuous process, in order to reduce the gap between reality and academic models, new conceptual elements emerge. The framework includes methodologies, concepts, architecture, and algorithms, which are based on the idea of a multiagent system in which planning-scheduling relationship is the core proposal. From the framework a software platform has been developed and tested in real industry.This work has been carried out as part of the project “DPI2008-06788-C02-01 (PERMACASI)” funded by Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación of the Spanish Government and as part of the project “PAID-06-10-2396 (NegoSol-MAS)” funded by Vicerrectorado de Investigación of Universidat Politècnica de València.Gómez-Gasquet, P.; Lario Esteban, FC.; Franco Pereyra, RD.; Anaya Fons, VA. (2011). A Framework for Improving Planning-Scheduling Collaboration in Industrial Production Environment. Studies in Informatics and Control. 20(1):67-78. https://doi.org/10.24846/v20i1y201106S677820

The first numer of IJPME: An exciting challenge

Vicéns-Salort, E.; Gómez-Gasquet, P.; Boza Garcia, A.; Franco Pereyra, RD.; Mula Bru, J.; Cuenca González, ML. (2013). The first numer of IJPME: An exciting challenge. International Journal of Production Management and Engineering. 1(1):1-2. doi:10.4995/ijpme.2013.1565SWORD121