Implementation of a Message-driven Manufacturing Execution Workflow System

Abstract

Manufacturing Service is an important part of PSS. However, production process in manufacturing service changes frequently, and this has greatly reduced the productivity and agility. Therefore, this paper proposes a message-driven workflow to fit the production process. The framework of message-driven manufacturing execution workflow includes: Manufacturing Execution Workflow module(MEW), Instant Messaging Server (IMS) and Instant Messaging Client (IMC). The function of MEW is mainly used to generate a request message for an operation event, which is generated in executing workflow transaction operations by a related role. The main function of IMS is to complete the message push mechanism. The IMC is used to receive the message transmitted by the instant message server, and users corresponding to the relevant role can process the message in workgroups. This paper proposes a mechanism for message-driven manufacturing execution workflow. This mechanism packages the tasks generated in the MEW through the custom Manufacturing Transaction Protocol (MTP) and Instant Messaging Protocol (IMP), and sends them to the process participants in the IMC to drive the execution of the entire process. On the one hand, the mechanism can integrate with ERP to improve the efficiency of business processing. On the other hand, as a workflow product, it can solve the business diversity or reconstruction problems that occur in enterprises.