Rationales of holonic manufacturing systems in leather industry

Sergiu Adrian Guţǎ, Ioan Dumitrache, Duncan McFarlane, Tariq Masood

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Abstract

This paper presents an insight into leather manufacturing processes, depicting peculiarities and challenges faced by leather industry. An analysis of this industry reveals the need for a new approach to optimize the productivity of leather processing operations, ensure consistent quality of leather, mitigate the adverse health effects in tannery workers exposed to chemicals and comply with environmental regulation. Holonic manufacturing systems (HMS) paradigm represent a bottom-up distributed approach that provides stability, adaptability, efficient use of resources and a plug and operate functionality to the manufacturing system. A vision of how HMS might operate in a tannery is illustrated presenting the rationales behind its application in this industry.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIndustrial Applications of Holonic and Multi-Agent Systems - 6th International Conference, HoloMAS 2013, Proceedings
PublisherSpringer
Pages199-211
Number of pages13
ISBN (Print)9783642400896
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 28 Aug 2013
Event6th International Conference on Industrial Applications of Holonic and Multi-Agent Systems, HoloMAS 2013 - Prague, Czech Republic
Duration: 26 Aug 201328 Aug 2013

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume8062 LNAI
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference6th International Conference on Industrial Applications of Holonic and Multi-Agent Systems, HoloMAS 2013
Country/TerritoryCzech Republic
CityPrague
Period26/08/1328/08/13

Keywords

  • holonic manufacturing
  • leather industry
  • leather processing
  • multi-agent systems

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