DESIGN ISSUES IN HOLONIC INVENTORY MANAGEMENT AND MATERIAL HANDLING SYSTEMS

摘要

Holonic manufacturing systems (HMS) represent a novel paradigm for addressing the problems encountered by 21st Century engineering businesses. These next generations of decentralised AI-based shop-floor control systems are geared towards: (ⅰ) high-variety low-volume manufacturing, (ⅱ) placing these customer-specific products into the market with short order-to-delivery times, and (ⅲ) providing a fast return on investment. The paper presents a model of a Holonic Inventory Management System (HIMS) linked with an agent-based material handling within an agile manufacturing environment.