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WHAT IS SPS

SPS definition

A production system is called smart if it is capable of self-diagnosis and autonomous design of continuous improvement projects, leading to desired by management productivity improvement, with minimal equipment modifications and analytically predicted results

  • The term self-diagnosis is used in this definition to indicate that the system has the capability of analyzing its performance, including performance losses and their causes.

  • The term autonomous design is used to imply that the system has the capability of calculating actions for losses alleviation without human participation.

  • The term minimal indicates that these actions can be carried out by the means within the purview of the Operations Manager (OM), e.g., without capital investments.

  • Finally, the term guaranteed is used to indicate that the deployed project will indeed result in the analytically predicted system improvement.

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Programmable Manufacturing Advisor

  • To make a production system smart, it must be equipped with a “brain” capable of diagnosing its “health” and calculating steps for continuous improvement.

  • Such a “brain,” or an AI device, has been developed in Smart Production Systems LLC (U.S. Patent No. 11,861,739, January 2, 2024) and referred to as Programmable Manufacturing Advisor (PMA).​​​​​

  • Programming a PMA for and installing it at any production system - large, mid-size, or small - makes it smart (PMA-based SPS).

  • The only requirement for PMA utilization on the factory floor is availability of manual or automated equipment status measurements (namely, machines’ up- and downtime, cycle time, cycle overrun, and quality characteristics).

  • No similar technology is available on the market today.

Illustration of PMA-based SPS operation

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SPS publications

 

​It should be pointed out that neither the PSE book nor the above-mentioned papers are actually necessary for reading the SPS book.

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