ABSTRACT
Introduction ........................................................................................................ 494 Standards in Manufacturing ............................................................................... 494 ISO Standardization Process .............................................................................. 495
Activities of ISO TC184 ........................................................................... 495 Management of Manufacturing with the ISO 15531 MANDATE Standard ...... 496
Organization of ISO 15531 ....................................................................... 497 Information Models of the ISO 15531 MANDATE Standard ........................... 497
Resource Usage Management Model ....................................................... 497 Data Model for the Management of Manufacturing Flows ...................... 498 Time Model ............................................................................................... 501 Information Model for Shop Floor Data Acquisition ............................... 502 Model Entities ........................................................................................... 503
Application of the MANDATE Standard ........................................................... 503 Genericity of the Standard ........................................................................ 504 Joint Use of the Information Models ........................................................ 504
Discussion .......................................................................................................... 507 Summary ............................................................................................................ 508 References .......................................................................................................... 509
The primary inputs to production systems (PS) are requirements, concepts, systems parameters, raw materials, components, and management policies. Their outputs are fi nished products and their related information, including quality. This chapter shows how the use of standardized information models improves the management of the information in PS.
