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Securing, Authenticating, and Visualizing Data-Links for Manufacturing Enterprises

August 26, 2019
Author(s)
William Z. Bernstein, Sylvere Krima, Laetitia Monnier, Mehdi Shahid
We introduce a prototype implementation of the Securing and Authenticating Data-Links (SADL) Interface, which interacts with a manufacturing handle registry to facilitate traceability of digital resources for engineering projects. This paper outlines the

Towards Operational Use of Unit Manufacturing Process Models

July 25, 2019
Author(s)
Amogh Kulkarni, William Z. Bernstein, David Lechevalier, Daniel Balasubramanian, Gabor Karsai, Peter O. Denno
Unit Manufacturing Processes (UMP) are models that capture succinct definitions of individual manufacturing steps in a manufacturing system. They are used to facilitate model composition and reuse. However, mainly due to their textual nature, they are

The Unit Manufacturing Process (UMP) Builder: User's Guide

July 3, 2019
Author(s)
David Lechevalier, William Z. Bernstein
The ASTM E3012-16 Standard Guide for Characterizing Environmental Aspects of Manufacturing Processes provides guidelines for formally characterizing manufacturing processes. However, the difficulty that has arisen in the early use of the standard

A Reference Schema for the Unit Manufacturing Process Information Model

May 7, 2019
Author(s)
William Bernstein, David Lechevalier
This document presents supporting documentation for a reference implementation of the Unit Manufacturing Process (UMP) information model presented in ASTM E3012, Standard Guide for Characterizing Environmental Aspects of Manufacturing Processes. A version

Incorporating unit manufacturing process models into life cycle assessment workflows

May 5, 2019
Author(s)
William Z. Bernstein, Cesar D. Tamayo, David Lechevalier, Michael Brundage
Life cycle assessment (LCA) carries significant uncertainties and imprecision due to a number of factors, including the framework's linearity assumptions and the wide use of aggregate unit processes in practice. The goal of this work is to exploit the unit

Reusable Constructs of Manufacturing Processes for Processing Industries

April 12, 2019
Author(s)
Mahesh Mani, KC Morris, Kevin W. Lyons, William Z. Bernstein
This article specifically explores the new ASTM International Standard Guide for Characterizing Environmental Aspects of Manufacturing Processes and its applicability for the Chemical Industry. The standard provides guidance for industries to examine unit

Factory Optima: A Web-based System for Composition and Analysis of Manufacturing Service Networks based on a Reusable Model Repository

February 6, 2019
Author(s)
Alexander Brodsky, Mohan Krishnamoorthy, Mohomad O. Nachawati, William Z. Bernstein, Daniel A. Menasce
This paper reports on the development of Factory Optima, a web-based system that allows manufacturing process engineers to compose, optimize and perform trade-off analysis of manufacturing and contract service networks based on a reusable repository of

UMP BUILDER: CAPTURING AND EXCHANGING MANUFACTURING MODELS FOR SUSTAINABILITY

September 26, 2018
Author(s)
William Z. Bernstein, Donald E. Libes, David J. Lechevalier
Targeting the improvement of environmental analysis of manufacturing systems, ASTM 3012-16 provides guidelines for formally characterizing manufacturing processes. However, the difficulty that has arisen in the early use of the standard illustrates the

Contextualizing Manufacturing Data for Lifecycle Decision Making

March 12, 2018
Author(s)
William Z. Bernstein, Thomas D. Hedberg, Moneer M. Helu, Allison Barnard Feeney
Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems manage the flow of data about the product and the processes that are used throughout the product's lifecycle so that the right information is delivered at the right time to the right systems. Manufacturing in the

Manufacturing and Contract Service Networks: Composition, Optimization and Tradeoff Analysis based on a Reusable Repository of Performance Models

January 15, 2018
Author(s)
Alexander Brodsky, Mohan Krishnamoorthy, Mohomad O. Nachawati, William Z. Bernstein, Daniel A. Menasce
In this paper we report on the development of a software framework and system for composition, optimization and trade-off analysis of manufacturing and contract service networks based on a reusable repository of performance models. Performance models

Research directions for an open unit manufacturing process repository: A collaborative vision

December 20, 2017
Author(s)
William Z. Bernstein, Arun Bala Subramaniyan, Alexander Brodsky, Ian C. Garretson, Karl Haapala, Donald E. Libes, Katherine C. Morris, Rong Pan, Vittaldas Prabhu, Arkopaul Sarkar, Arvind Shankar Raman, Zhenhua Wu
The design of manufacturing systems can see dramatic improvements through the use of digital technologies for modeling and simulation prior to deployment. At the 2017 ASME International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference held jointly with the

Design Patterns for Visualization-Based Tools in Sustainable Product Design

November 5, 2017
Author(s)
Deverajan Ramanujan, William Z. Bernstein, Karthik Ramani
Most design activities involve exploring and comparing similar existing designs. Thus, adopting an eco-conscious approach in the design exploration process can aid environmentally sustainable product design (SPD). A promising approach for supporting

TOWARDS KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT FOR SMART MANUFACTURING

July 4, 2017
Author(s)
Shaw C. Feng, William Z. Bernstein, Thomas D. Hedberg Jr., Allison Barnard Feeney
The need for capturing knowledge in the digital form in design, process planning, production, and inspection has increasingly become an issue in manufacturing industries as the variety and complexity of product lifecycle applications increase. Both

Developing a capability-based similarity metric for manufacturing processes

June 7, 2017
Author(s)
Kevin Li, William Z. Bernstein
Manufacturing taxonomies and accompanying metadata of manufacturing processes have been catalogued in both reference books and databases online. However, such information remains in a form that is uninformative to the various stages of the product life

A System and Architecture for Reusable Abstractions of Manufacturing Processes

June 2, 2017
Author(s)
Alexander Brodsky, Mohan Krishnamoorthy, William Z. Bernstein, M. Omar Nachawati
In this paper we report on the development of a system for managing a repository and conducting analysis and optimization on manufacturing performance models. The repository is designed to contain (1) unit manufacturing process performance models, (2)

NIST/OAGi Workshop: Drilling down on Smart Manufacturing – Enabling Composable Apps

April 19, 2017
Author(s)
Nenad Ivezic, Boonserm Kulvatunyou, Hyunbo Cho, Yan Lu, Jim Davis, Thorsten Wuest, Farhad Ameri, William Z. Bernstein
This report summarizes the results from the OAGi/NIST workshop Drilling down on Smart Manufacturing -- Enabling Composable Apps, which was held at the National Institute of Standards and Technology campus in Gaithersburg, MD, on April 18-19, 2016. The

An Open Web-Based Repository for Capturing Manufacturing Process Information

December 1, 2016
Author(s)
William Z. Bernstein, Mahesh Mani, Katherine C. Morris, Kevin W. Lyons, Bjoern J. Johansson
With recent progress in developing more effective models for representing manufacturing processes, this paper presents an approach towards an open web-based repository for storing manufacturing process information. The repository is envisioned to include

Understanding sustainability data through unit manufacturing process representations: a case study on stone production

May 24, 2016
Author(s)
Bjoern J. Johansson, Mahesh Mani, William Z. Bernstein, Kevin W. Lyons, KC Morris, Laurie Rebouillat, Ilaria Barletta
Efficiency of natural stone production processes in quarries directly affects the economic output and environmental performances, such as production lead times and energy consumptions. Knowledge on stone production processes is crucial in making