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Use of Semantic Mediation in Manufacturing Supply Chains

April 6, 2009
Author(s)
Peter O. Denno, Edward J. Barkmeyer Jr., Fabian M. Neuhaus
This case discusses lessons learned about enabling interoperability using semantic methods in three automotive industry projects spanning 8 years. In each project, the essential form of the solution is to reconcile differences in viewpoint of entities

Manufacturing Interoperability Program, a Synopsis

February 24, 2009
Author(s)
Sharon J. Kemmerer
Started in 2005, the Manufacturing Interoperability Program has seen an investment of roughly 25-30 full-time staff who have researched, developed, and deployed standards, tools, techniques, and testing environments --- helping manufacturing enterprise

A Semantic-Mediation Architecture for Interoperable Supply-Chain Applications

November 10, 2008
Author(s)
Marko Vujasinovic, Nenad Ivezic, Boonserm Kulvatunyou, Edward J. Barkmeyer Jr., Michele Missikoff, Francesco Taglino, Zuran Marjanovic, Igor Miletic
This paper presents a semantic-mediation architecture that enables standards-based interoperability between heterogeneous supply-chain applications. The architecture was implemented using a state-of-the-art semantic-mediation toolset for design-time and

Towards Information Networks to Support Composable Manufacturing

October 15, 2008
Author(s)
Mahesh Mani, Albert W. Jones, Jun H. Shin, Ram D. Sriram
Rigid, supply-chain organizational structures are giving way to highly dynamic collaborative partnerships. These partnerships will develop rapidly by composing global manufacturing resources in response to open market opportunities; and, they will disband

Tradeoffs in Building a Generic Supply Chain Simulation Capability

October 15, 2008
Author(s)
Sanjay Jain
Building a simulation model for any large complex sys-tem requires high expertise and effort. These requirements can be reduced through building generic simulation capability that includes artifacts for facilitating the development of the simulation model

The State of Container Security Standards

October 17, 2007
Author(s)
Shaw C. Feng, Simon P. Frechette
As cargo container security is a critical component in the U.S. homeland security, the communication among people in a chain of custody of a container needs to be timely and effective. Since people in the container custody chain often use different

RoHS Harmonization - Progress Toward a Single Global Standard?

July 13, 2007
Author(s)
Eric D. Simmon
The lack of global harmonization of RoHS initiatives has been a major headache for the electronics industry, to say the least. A number of organizations have been working very diligently to move standards closer together, with the hope that at some point

MOSS - Material Off-Shore Sourcing

February 13, 2007
Author(s)
Peter O. Denno
The Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) Project, Customs / Logistics Strategies to Strengthen Long Distance Supply Chains, seeks to improve processes and information communication employed in intercontinental trade lanes. At the time this paper was

NIST's Logistics Integration Solutions

September 1, 2004
Author(s)
Sharon J. Kemmerer
The NIST Manufacturing Interoperability Program staff has years of experience developing standards, validating solutions, and providing interoperability results in the field of manufacturing. Building on this experience, NIST can: (1) Work with industry to
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