Development of a Smart Manufacturing Execution System Architecture for SMEs: A Czech Case Study

Marcel Rolf Pfeifer
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Marcel Rolf Pfeifer: Department of Management, Faculty of Business and Management, Brno University of Technology, 612 00 Brno, Czech Republic

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 18, 1-23

Abstract: This study investigates the application of a smart manufacturing execution system (SMES) based on the current controlling structure in a medium-sized company in the Czech Republic. Based on existing approaches on the architecture of SMESs, this paper develops a sample architecture grounded in the current controlling structure of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). While only a few papers on approaches to the given topic exist, this approach makes use of operative production controlling data and uses a standardisation module to provide standardised data. The sample architecture was validated with a case study on a Czech SME. This case study was conducted on two different entities of one production company suggesting differences in the entities due to the nature of production. The research showed that simple tasks with intelligent welding equipment allow for a working SMES architecture, while complex assembly works with a high extent of human labour, and a high number of components still remain an obstacle. This research contributes to gathering more understanding of SMES architectures in SMEs by making use of a standardisation module.

Keywords: production controlling; Industry 4.0; OPC 4.0; machine learning; computer-aided standardisation; smart manufacturing; smart manufacturing execution system; sustainability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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