DEVELOPMENTS IN THE HOLONIC CONTROL OF PRODUCTION FLOW

Market requirements and social pressures require effective production systems that keep up the ever growing trends in the field. Hence, there is a need for developing innovative manufacturing control systems capable of coping with production changes and interferences in an effective manner. In this regard, the last decade has brought various research and developments in the field of Holonic Manufacturing Systems. This paper will present a methodology for the control and monitoring of the production flow, based on holonic control techniques and expanding the reference architecture for Holonic Manufacturing Systems - PROSA. Furthermore an application designed to help users remotely control and monitor the manufacturing process (web based) is being described.