Factory operations planning & control

News and Updates

Woman wearing a mask checking inventory a manufacturing facility

NIST Awards $475,000 to the MEP Center in Texas

April 1, 2021

The U.S Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) has made one cooperative agreement

A novel, low-cost method detects nanoscale contaminants during manufacture of semiconductor devices

October 19, 2020

As computer chips and other electronic devices continue to shrink in size, they become ever more sensitive to contamination. However, detecting the nanoscale

NIST: Blockchain Provides Security, Traceability for Smart Manufacturing

February 11, 2019

Engineers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) needed a way to secure smart manufacturing systems using the digital thread, so they

Projects and Programs

Reliable, High Performance Wireless Systems for Factory Automation

Develop robust requirements, system models, recommended architectures, and guidelines for the integration of trustworthy wireless systems within factory work

The NIST millimeter-wave extrapolation range being prepared for antenna measurements.

Antenna Metrology

Antennas are the eyes, ears and voices of everything from cell phones to interplanetary spacecraft. The Antenna Metrology Program carries on PML's pioneering

Wireless Systems Metrology

Imagine how much safer a fire fighter's job would be if it were possible for a robot to navigate in a burning building and locate those in need of assistance

Publications

Discovering Critical KPI Factors from Natural Language in Maintenance Work Orders

April 22, 2021

Author(s)

Michael Sharp, Michael Brundage, Thurston Sexton, Fnu Madhusudanan Navinchandran

Optimizing maintenance practices is a continuous process that must take into account the evolving state of the equipment, resources, workers, and more. To help

A CASE STUDY OF DIGITAL TWIN FOR A MANUFACTURING PROCESS INVOLVING HUMAN INTERACTIONS

December 16, 2020

Author(s)

Hasan Latif, Guodong Shao, Binil Starly

Current algorithms, computations, and solutions that predict how humans will engage in smart manufacturing are insufficient for real-time activities. In this

Reliable, High-Performance Wireless Systems for Factory Automation

September 18, 2020

Author(s)

Kang B. Lee, Richard Candell, Hans-Peter Bernhard, Dave Cavalcanti, Zhibo Pang, Inaki Val

Wireless has emerged as an enabling technology to improve operational flexibility and efficiency for factory automation. The latest wireless technology

Nesting and Scheduling Problems for Additive Manufacturing: A Taxonomy and Review

August 21, 2020

Author(s)

Yosep Oh, Paul W. Witherell, Yan Lu, Timothy A. Sprock

With the trends of Industry 4.0 spanning physical and virtual worlds, Additive Manufacturing (AM) has been the mainstream for realizing complex geometries

Factory operations planning & control

News and Updates

NIST Awards $475,000 to the MEP Center in Texas

A novel, low-cost method detects nanoscale contaminants during manufacture of semiconductor devices

NIST: Blockchain Provides Security, Traceability for Smart Manufacturing

Projects and Programs

Reliable, High Performance Wireless Systems for Factory Automation

Antenna Metrology

Wireless Systems Metrology

Publications

Discovering Critical KPI Factors from Natural Language in Maintenance Work Orders

A CASE STUDY OF DIGITAL TWIN FOR A MANUFACTURING PROCESS INVOLVING HUMAN INTERACTIONS

Reliable, High-Performance Wireless Systems for Factory Automation

Nesting and Scheduling Problems for Additive Manufacturing: A Taxonomy and Review

Software

Smart Investment Tool

Smart Manufacturing Systems Readiness Level (SMSRL) Tool

MESA Manufacturing Operation Management Maturity Assessment Tool

Factory Design and Improvement (FDI) Activity Model