Development of Goal Model Mechanism for Self-reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems in the Mold Industry

Abstract

In Fractal Manufacturing System (FrMS), goal-orientation is solved by its distinguished technology, which is the goal-formation process (GFP). GFP consists of three procedures, which are goal-generation process (GGP), goal-harmonizing process (GHP), and goal-balancing process (GBP). However, in order to operate the goal-orientation technology, it requires the development of the defined goal model mechanism which can show the relationship between goals. FrMS requires a development of goal model in order to define mutual relationships between multiple objectives or goals such as performance, productivity, quality, flexibility, and so on. Therefore, this paper proposes the development of goal model for FrMS by analyzing former objectives or goals and obtain a new goal based on manufacturing dataset from mold industry. In order to develop the FrMS goal model, hierarchy in the reference goal model is identified and logics is developed for creation of bottom-leveled tasks in the reference model. After analyzing how their mutual relationships could affect the generation of goals and sub-goals, the initial goal model can be established and customized subjectively regarding to each company or factory’s preference. In order to establish initial goal model, support vector machine is used. The proposed goal model mechanism is developed to complete and support the goal-orientation technology by adjusting company’s goal.