MOM Module Deployment Layer Determination
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional MOM systems are inadequate for distributed manufacturing environments and lack efficient methods for determining optimal deployment of modules across technological layers, relying on manual expertise and being cumbersome and error-prone.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that automatically determine the optimal technological layer for deploying MOM application modules by defining characteristic parameters and using layer-deploying functions to optimize deployment based on business, process, and IT characteristics, enabling efficient resource utilization and distribution.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual deployment determination using expert knowledge is used, then deployment decisions can be made based on industry expertise, but the process becomes cumbersome and error-prone
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service by allowing the deployment determination process to automatically evaluate modules and assign them to technological layers without requiring manual expert intervention. The automated system serves itself by using predefined criteria and algorithms to make deployment decisions that previously required human expertise.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical system of manual expert assessment with an automated computational system. Instead of relying on human experts to manually determine module deployment, the system uses automated evaluation based on module characteristics and technological layer criteria, substituting human cognitive processes with algorithmic decision-making.
2Adaptability or versatility
If traditional monolithic MOM systems are used, then centralized control is maintained, but the system cannot cope with distributed manufacturing environments
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies segmentation by dividing the monolithic MOM system into modular components that can be independently deployed across different technological layers. Each module can be evaluated and assigned to appropriate layers (cloud, premise, or edge) based on its characteristics, enabling the system to adapt to distributed manufacturing environments while maintaining architectural stability through structured module organization.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a new dimensional aspect to the system architecture by adding the technological layer dimension (cloud, premise, edge) to the traditional monolithic structure. This allows modules to be distributed across multiple technological layers while maintaining centralized coordination, effectively transforming the system from a single-layer architecture to a multi-layer distributed architecture.
3Productivity
If automated deployment determination is implemented, then deployment efficiency is improved, but the system requires complex parameter definitions and function calculations
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-defining the criteria and parameters for module evaluation before the actual deployment determination process. The system establishes the technological layer criteria, module characteristics parameters, and evaluation functions in advance, so that when deployment determination is needed, the automated process can quickly execute without requiring complex real-time configuration or analysis.
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AI summary
A method and a system determine a technological layer in which a module of a Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM) application is to be deployed. The specific MOM application has two or more modules that are separately deployable in at least two technological layers. For the specific MOM application, a set of characteristic parameters is defined that characterize business, process and information technology characteristics of the specific MOM application relevant for technological layer computation purposes. For each given module, there is defined a layer-deploying function, having as input a subset of the characteristic parameters and having as output a range value determining the technological layer to deploy the module at configuration time. For at least one of the given modules, there is determined the corresponding deploying technological layer by applying its corresponding layer-deploying function.