Identifying Performance Assurance Challenges for Smart Manufacturing

Published

November 11, 2015

Author(s)

Moneer M. Helu, Katherine C. Morris, Kiwook Jung, Kevin W. Lyons, Swee K. Leong

Abstract

Smart manufacturing has the potential to address many of the innovation drivers faced by industry. However, the manufacturing community often needs assistance to develop and use the variety of available technologies to improve their systems. To assure the performance of these technologies, this paper proposes a shared knowledge base that collects problem areas, solutions, and best practices for manufacturing technology. An Implementation Risk Assessment Framework (IRAF) is also described to identify the primary weaknesses of technologies in specific manufacturing contexts. Such approaches have the potential to stimulate new ideas and drive standardization activities critical to scale up and deploy smart manufacturing technologies successfully and quickly.

Citation

Manufacturing Letters

Volume

6

Pub Type

Journals

Download Paper

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mfglet.2015.11.001

Keywords

Smart manufacturing, Performance assurance, Risk assessment, Standards

Citation

Helu, M. , Morris, K. , Jung, K. , Lyons, K. and Leong, S. (2015), Identifying Performance Assurance Challenges for Smart Manufacturing, Manufacturing Letters, [online], https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mfglet.2015.11.001 (Accessed October 24, 2025)