Programmable Manufacturing Advisor for Smart Production Systems: Architecture, Analytics, Software, and Performance Demonstration

Abstract Programmable Manufacturing Advisor (PMA) is a device intended to automate decision-making in manufacturing environment by providing the Operations Manager with an advice for achieving the desired productivity improvement. Programming and installing a PMA at any production system makes it smart. In this paper, the analytical and computational foundations of PMA are outlined and the operation of PMA-based Smart Production Systems is demonstrated by screenshots of PMA outputs.