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KIT – University of the State of Baden-Wuerttemberg and

National Research Center of the Helmholtz Association www.kit.edu

Institute for Material Handling and Logistics (IFL), KIT, University of Thessaly ()

Review of models for large scale manufacturingNetworks

Kai Furmans – George Liberopoulos – Marion Rimmele – Olaf Zimmermann

SMMSO 2017

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Outline Presentation

The Research Idea –

Controlling Supply Networks as Cyber-physical Systems

Cyber-Physical Systems – Definition and an Example

The Research Project Productive4.0

Positioning of the Project

Scope of the project

Project Structure

The Methods and Tools of WP4 & WP5 of Productive4.0

Literature Review

Conclusion

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Real-time Control of any Physical System

To-be state

To-be state

Current state

Current state

+/- corrective action

planning

without

feedback

Control

with feedback

planning Sensors, communication

useful model of the

System Dynamicscommunication,

actors, drives

disturbance

disturbance

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Differences between Factories and Airplanes

Aerial view of the Bosch semiconductor

plants Reutlingen (kka-online.de)Airbus A320neo (airbus.com)

• Control model available

• Continuous state, continuous

corrective actions

• High frequency of small

corrections

• Most planes inherently

stable, stability a key factor

• One model

• Control model missing

• discrete state, discrete

corrective actions

• No defined frequency of

corrective actions, control

frequency rather low

• Stability issues not known

• Multi-level model (if at all)

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What are Cyberphysical Systems

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Mechanical Systems

Mechatronic Systems

Cyberphysical Systems

ICT-content as fraction of

total

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Cyberphysical Systems: Background

Initiative of National Science Foundation (USA) 2006

Cyber: computer based, digital control and communication

Physisch: artificial or natural systems, underlying the laws

of physics and working in continuous real time

Cyberphysical System: autonomous control of physical

systems based on digital, autonomous „comprehension“ of

the system and it‘s environment

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Why do we need CPS?

A simple example from Material Handling

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Reconfiguration of todays material handling

systems needs changes in several levels

Controllogic

Electrical -actors

Physicalintegration

Electrical -sensors

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FlexConveyor

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Flexconveyor – Assembly and Modification

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Emerging Behaviour

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GridStore

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Characteristics Flexconveyor as a CPS

Cyber:

Local Control can get enough information

which is necessary to „understand“ the

state of the system and its environment

Clear control system – „to be state“ clearly

defined, „is-state“ clearly defined

There is always an action to get the system

closer to it‘s to be state

Can make all necessary decisions

Physical:

System is able to move real stuff

Is able to execute all the decisions

Provides cyber-part with sufficient feed

back of real situation

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Outline Presentation

The Research Idea –

Controlling Supply Networks as Cyber-physical Systems

Cyber-Physical Systems – Definition and an example

The Research Project Productive4.0

Positioning of the Project

Scope of the project

Project Structure

The Methods and Tools of WP4 & WP5 of Productive4.0

Literature Review

Conclusion

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The Research Idea: Semiconductor Production

Systems as Cyber Physical Systems

- Dispatching- Sequencing

Supplier Customer

Waferfab /Frontend

MEMS / Frontend Assembly / Test Control unit production

Simulation Models of Use Cases: Model of the real factory Testbed for planning and control mechanism

Val

ue S

trea

m L

evel

Sim

ula

tio

n L

evel

Plan

nin

g an

d Co

ntr

ol L

evel

Demand Data

Controller Mechanism

Simulated Data

asas

Real DataDecisions

Customer Data

Cyb

er P

hys

ical

Sys

tem

Ph

ysic

al S

yste

m

- Planning Data- Call-off

Performance Evaluation Models of Use Cases: Simulation/analytical models of relevant cause & effect relations Output: Forecasts of resource utilizations, flow times, ...

Cutting

Target State: Utilization of machines Work in process ...

Used to: Medium-term design Operational planning and control

- Simplification- Aggregation- Selection- Verification- Adaptation

Actual State: Utilization of machines Work in process Cycle times ...

Used to: Identify issues

Actual Data: Production data Customer data (planning) Supplier Data (planning) OEE forecast ...

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The Research Project Productive4.0

Positioning of the Project

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The Research Project Productive4.0

Scope of the project

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The Research Project Productive4.0

Project Structure

Work Package 4

Develop a virtual simulation

framework for modelling

complex manufacturing

systems and supply chains

Work Package 5

Develop Methods for Design

Planning and Control of

manufacturing systems and

the supply network

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Outline Presentation

The Research Idea –

Controlling Supply Networks as Cyber-physical Systems

Cyber-Physical Systems – Definition and an example

The Research Project Productive4.0

Positioning of the Project

Scope of the project

Project Structure

The Methods and Tools of WP4 & WP5 of

Productive4.0

Literature Review

Conclusion

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The Methods and Tools of WP4 & WP5 of

Productive4.0

- Dispatching- Sequencing

Supplier Customer

Waferfab /Frontend

MEMS / Frontend Assembly / Test Control unit production

Simulation Models of Use Cases: Model of the real factory Testbed for planning and control mechanism

Val

ue S

trea

m L

evel

Sim

ula

tio

n L

evel

Plan

nin

g an

d Co

ntr

ol L

evel

Demand Data

Controller Mechanism

Simulated Data

asas

Real DataDecisions

Customer Data

Cyb

er P

hys

ical

Sys

tem

Ph

ysic

al S

yste

m

- Planning Data- Call-off

Performance Evaluation Models of Use Cases: Simulation/analytical models of relevant cause & effect relations Output: Forecasts of resource utilizations, flow times, ...

Cutting

Target State: Utilization of machines Work in process ...

Used to: Medium-term design Operational planning and control

- Simplification- Aggregation- Selection- Verification- Adaptation

Actual State: Utilization of machines Work in process Cycle times ...

Used to: Identify issues

Actual Data: Production data Customer data (planning) Supplier Data (planning) OEE forecast ...

Simulation engine:can read simulation models, can read Input data from defined data sources, can

provide defined output (aggregation possibly externally), provides plug-in connections for planning and scheduling / dispatching algorithms, provides required

data for these algorithm from current state, forecasts and statistical sources

Performance Evaluation Tools:(fast) simulation or analytical methods implemented as plug-in (in a planning plug-in), can be used in planning algorithms, provides required information (forecast of

utilization, flow times, distributions of flow times, …)

Controller and planning engine:makes decisions during simulation run-time at defined (and modelled stages), is

linked to decision points, uses planning methods, implemented as plug-ins

Same or different simulation enginesfor performance evaluation

(fast simulation) used in decision making and in testbench or different

ones?

Data access for planning andcontroller methods

- Through simulation engine (likely)- Directly

What about historic data, statistics, future data (forecasts)

Planning methods:provide plug-ins which implement different planning algorithms, which create the decisions needed in the design phase or at decision points, in operational and tactical planning i.e. lot size, sequence, start time, capacity (i.e. Shift model)

Simulation model:suitable for selected level of detail, uses collected data or statistical representation

of data, can provide aggregated data or event data on defined interfaces

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Outline Presentation

The Research Idea –

Controlling Supply Networks as Cyber-physical Systems

Cyber-Physical Systems – Definition and an example

The Research Project Productive4.0

Positioning of the Project

Scope of the project

Project Structure

The Methods and Tools of WP4 & WP5 of Productive4.0

Literature Review

Conclusion

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Literature Review - Characteristics of modelling

a large scale manufacturing networks

Reference

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Model Considered Characteristics

ResultType

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Morrison and Martin (2007)

Kim and Morrison (2011)D Queuing station AC G G x FCFS x Cycle Time

Ding et. al (2007) D Markov chain model AC M M x GEO x x Cycle Time

Akhavan-Tabaaetabi et al. (2012) DState-dependent

Markov chain modelAC G G x FCFS x

Work-in-Process

Cycle Time

Grosbard et al. (2013) D Open queuing network AC x G G x FCFS x xCycle Time

Waiting Time

Sagron et al. (2015) D Open queuing network AC G GFCFS

TPx Waiting Time

Scholl and Domaschke (2000) DDiscrete event

simulationS x x G G x ESD x Cycle Time

Sivakumar and Chong (2001) DDiscrete event

simulationS x x G G x ESD x Cycle Time

Pearn et al. (2009) DFitted Gamma

distributionAC - - -

Waiting Time

Cycle Time

Tai et al. (2012) DFitted Weibull

distributionAC - - -

Waiting Time

Cycle Time

Akhavan-Tabatabaei et al. (2009) D Flow Analysis Model AC - - - xWork-in-Process

Cycle Time

Target: D – Design Time: AC - Analytical Continuous, S - Simulation

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Literature Review - Characteristics of modelling

a large scale manufacturing networks

Özden, Epp, Stoll and Furmans – Strategies for Reducing the Computational Effort of

Discrete Time Queuing Models

Reference

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Model Considered Characteristics

ResultType

Tim

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Veeger et al. (2010a, 2010b) DEPT-based aggregate

simulation modelAC G G x FCFS x Cycle Time

Veeger et al. (2011) DEPT-based aggregate

simulation modelS G G

FCFS

LCFSx Cycle Time

Can and Heavey (2017) DEPT-based discrete

event simulation S x M M x FCFS x Cycle Time

Yang et al. ( 2011) DSimulation-based

metamodelingS - - x TP Cycle Time

Yang (2010) DNeural network

metamodelingS - - x TP Cycle Time

Hsieh et al. (2014) DProgressive simulation

metamodelingS - - TP x Cycle Time

Schelasin (2011, 2013) DStatic capacity model

Queueing stationAC G G x FCFS x

Waiting Time

Cycle Time

Zisgen and Meents (2008)

Brown et al. (2010)D Open queuing network AC x G G x FCFS x x

Cycle Time

Queue Lengths

Zarifoglu et al (2013) O Queueing Model AC G G FCFS x Optimal Lot Size

Chang (2017) O Simulation AC x G G x TP x Optimal Product Mix

Target: D – Design, O - Optimisation Time: AC - Analytical Continuous, S - Simulation

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Literature Review - Characteristics of modelling

a large scale manufacturing networks

Özden, Epp, Stoll and Furmans – Strategies for Reducing the Computational Effort of

Discrete Time Queuing Models

Reference

Ta

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Model Considered Characteristics

ResultType

Tim

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Wang and Wang (2007) O Simulation S x G D x FCFS x Optimal Lot Size

Akhavan-Tabatabaei et al. (2011) O Simulation S x M M FCFS x Optimal Lot Release

Fowler et al. (2002) O Queueing Station AC G G x FCFS x Optimal Batch Size

Kuo et al. (2011) O Neural Network AC G G x FCFS x x Reduce Cycle Time

Li et al. (2010) O Queueing Network AC x M M FCFS x Optimal WIP level

Wang et al. (2013) O Neural Network AC G G OPTOptimize Service

Discipline

Chien et al. (2012) O Neural Network AC - - - Reduce Cycle Time

Yao et al. (2004) O Modelling Framework AC - - - x Maintenance Scheduling

Ramirez-Hernandez et al. (2010) O Simulation AC - - - x Maintenance Scheduling

Kalir(2013) O Queueing Station AC G G x FCFS x Optimize FM Splitting

Target: O - Optimisation Time: AC - Analytical Continuous, S - Simulation

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Outline Presentation

The Research Idea –

Controlling Supply Networks as Cyber-physical Systems

Cyber-Physical Systems – Definition and an example

The Research Project Productive4.0

Positioning of the Project

Scope of the project

Project Structure

The Methods and Tools of WP4 & WP5 of Productive4.0

Literature Review

Conclusion

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Conclusion and future research

Usage of simulation and analytical models for the purpose of

performance evaluation and especially cycle time estimation has been

documented several times.

Focus was usually set on an average cycle time, not on a percentile of

the cycle time distribution.

Dispatching and sequencing rules have also been studied, however,

the impact on guaranteed performance figures is still open.

Neural networks seem to be useful, when some data points for the

system are available and the gaps between these data points have to

be filled.

Hybrid methods make use of the higher computing power available

today, using combined knowledge from several sources.

Integration of data collection, planning algorithms and

performance prediction of guaranteed cycle times with a high

probability is an open task.

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Next steps

Productive 4.0 is an „innovation action“,

if we do want to do more research we need:

Either a „Research and Innovation Action“ and/or a

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action (or something similar)

Find a way to include researchers from other continents

(Amercia, Asia,….)

Özden, Epp, Stoll and Furmans – Strategies for Reducing the Computational Effort of

Discrete Time Queuing Models

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Acknowledgment

This research is supported by the ECSEL-joint

undertaking under grant agreement no. 737459. This

joint undertaking receives support from the EU-

Horizon 2020 research and innovation program and

national funding

Thank you for your attention!

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