An example of a shop-floor control system application in a Polish manufacturing company

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Chrobot, Jaroslaw^a | Klukowski, Andrzej^b | Koch, Jan^a | Rakowski, Jaroslaw^a | Smalec, Zbigniew^a | Weiner, Markus^c

Affiliations: [a] ITMiA Wroclaw, Poland | [b] PZL Hydral S.A., Wroclaw, Poland | [c] ISW Stuttgart, Germany

Abstract: This paper describes the motivation and requirements as well as the experience gained when introducing an adaptable Shop Floor Control system (SFC) in a Polish manufacturing company of the mechanics industry. The system was developed within the COPERNICUS project No. CP94-337 – “Adaptable Low Cost Shop-Floor Control System”. In the first part of the paper (Sections 2 and 3), the situation of a company from Central and Eastern Europe, which is subject to technical and organisational restructuring process, is shown on the example of the PZL HYDRAL S.A. company located in Wroclaw (Poland). The second part of the paper (Section 4) presents the function range and application field of SFC systems and their co-operation within the company’s information flow. In the last part of the paper (Sections 5 and 6), features of the developed system as well as the preparations for its implementation in one of the PZL HYDRAL S.A. company’s production departments are described.

DOI: 10.3233/HSM-1999-183-409

Journal: Human Systems Management, vol. 18, no. 3-4, pp. 245-252, 1999