Section outline

  • Welcome to PMR5414, where we will discuss the concept of manufacturing_as_a_ service (MaaS) as it appears and how it become so important to reach the Industry 4.0 stage for all industrial segments. MaaS is an evolution of Flexible Manufacturing Systems, and flexibility has been a target since the 1980s. The evolution of this manufacturing approach tried to enhance flexibility within the manufacturing plan (allowing it to "serve" several manufacturing production processes) and along the value chain by enhancing collaboration among several manufacturing units to compose a new manufacturing process.



    In this course, we will explore internal flexibility—extended to a vertical integration dimension—and value chain flexibility—extended to a horizontal integration dimension. Besides the initial digitalization phase, an absolute I4.0 production unity should be able to combine and treat both ambidextrously.

    • PMR5414 - Manufacturing_as_a_Service URL
      The page describes and displays basic information about the course.

    • Link to classes online URL
    • Slides of the First Lecture File
    • Video of Lecture - module 1 URL
    • IBM SSME White Paper File

    • Module 1
      Sub-Lecture: Service design and system design,
      agent-based manufacturing, manufacturing-as-a-service

      In this sub-lecture, we will add more details in the discussion about the definition of the service scope, approaching its practical application, concepts, and method to design system services. Three blocks compose the scope of service design: the interpretation that services must be interpreted as systems and therefore designed according to the systems design perspective, that services are provided (and consumed) by a network of agents and resources. Therefore, services match a distributed object approach, and service manufacturing can inherit an agent-based perspective; thus, services are mainly processes and, together with the previous blocks, compose the manufacturing-as-a-service.


    • Video of Module 1 sub-lecture URL
    • Slides of sublecture of Module 1 File


    • Systems Engineering - SEBoK 2024 File

      Guide from the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE)

    • Agent-based manufacturing File

      Pulkoltil, T. and Estrada-Jimenez, L.A. and Rehman, H.U. and Mo, F. and Nikghadam, S. and Barata, J.,  Agent-basedmanufacturing—review and expert evaluation, Int. Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 127, 2023, doi https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-023-11517-8

    • Quiz about the two first classes
      Students must
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    • Practical Presentation and Free discussion

      The idea of this class is to highlight some practical aspects of systems and service design, even if it's not possible to practice that in real problems, which would be too big or too small and abstract to be convincing. The focus is on the paradigm shift for designing requirements and the need for a formal approach. Following the quiz, we will have a free discussion. 

    • Slide of the Practical Presentation File
    • Video of the Practical-class File
    • Position paper Assignment

      Upload you position paper (2 pages, in PDF) presenting your position about the first module on service-oriented manufacturing and the basic issues contributing to manufacturing-as-a-service.