Virtual Enterprise Process Management: An Application to Industrial Maintenance

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2014

Authors

Filipe Ferreira (Author) Other; Americo Azevedo (Author) FEUP; Jose Faria (Author) Other; Evelyn Rojas (Author) Other

Conference proceedings International

Title: COLLABORATIVE SYSTEMS FOR SMART NETWORKED ENVIRONMENTS

Pages: 71-79

15th IFIP WG 5.5 Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises (PRO-VE)

Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS, OCT 06-08, 2014

Indexing

ISI Web of Knowledge - 4 Citations

Scopus - 5 Citations

Scientific classification

FOS: Natural sciences > Computer and information sciences

CORDIS: Technological sciences > Engineering > Industrial engineering

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-009-Z7P

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-44745-1_7

Abstract (EN): The paper firstly reviews the relevant concepts on virtual enterprise operations as well as industrial maintenance processes. Then a virtual enterprise enabling platform is presented. The architecture of the platform and its main modules are briefly introduced. Within this platform, a smart object extension is highlighted. This smart object is used to collect data from remote equipment and pass it to the Virtual Enterprise Management Platform (VEMP) through a gateway. The data collected by the smart object will be aggregated and monitored, using the business intelligence tools of the platform, enabling the implementation of maintenance strategies, rising fault conditions that will trigger a repair business process. In the final part of the paper, it is discussed a business case for a SME with worldwide operations.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 9