Reference Architecture for Smart Manufacturing Part 1: Functional Models

Published

September 29, 2016

Author(s)

Edward J. Barkmeyer Jr., Evan K. Wallace

Abstract

This document is a part of the definition of a reference architecture for the integration of manufacturing software applications in the areas of fabrication and assembly of discrete electro- mechanical parts. This document captures, at a high level of abstraction, the engineering and operations functions involved in producing discrete products, and the general nature of information flows among them. The function elements provide a frame of reference for product- and facility- specific functions in a production systems, and thus for specifications for manufacturing software/hardware systems components. Assigning these narrower functions to components begets a systems architecture, for which the information flows described in this document identify the necessary interactions among the components. The information flow elements also provide a frame of reference for specifying the information involved in those interactions and in the corresponding component interfaces. In short, these models are part of a framework for specifying production systems architectures, and the related architectures for the software systems that support production systems engineering.

Citation

Advanced Manufacturing Series (NIST AMS) - 300-1

Report Number

300-1

NIST Pub Series

Advanced Manufacturing Series (NIST AMS)

Pub Type

NIST Pubs

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https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.AMS.300-1

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Keywords

manufacturing reference architecture, production engineering, manufacturing components, functional model

Citation

Barkmeyer Jr., E. and Wallace, E. (2016), Reference Architecture for Smart Manufacturing Part 1: Functional Models, Advanced Manufacturing Series (NIST AMS), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.AMS.300-1, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=917362 (Accessed October 8, 2025)