Design of batch manufacturing enterprises in the context of Industry 4.0

Abstract

This paper presents an evolution of an ontology- based approach to designing batch manufacturing enterprises. According to Industry 4.0 approach, instead of isolated view of a manufacturing process inside a single enterprise this new approach encompasses related business entities as well - raw material suppliers (e.g. dairy farms) and large-scale consumers (e.g. stores or retail chains). Special attention is paid to logistics processes: a short description of fundamental logistics processes of cottage cheese production is provided, as well as subject do- main structure of logistics and an example of formal specification of emergency logistics situation. It is shown that multiagent indus- trial control system with agents interacting via shared memory is compliant with design principles of Industry 4.0 approach. Standards formalization topic is touched upon as well. PFC, a graphical procedural model specification language, formalization is discussed. PFC is specified in ISA-88.02 standard. Graphical language formalization allows industrial control system users to communicate to it in a unified manner using diagrams that are widely understood by engineering specialists. This paper also outlines an agent-oriented approach to robot interaction within industrial robotic complexes based on shared semantic memory interaction mechanism.