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Web-enabled platform for distributed and dynamic decision-making systems

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With the advent of internet and wireless technologies, real-time remote monitoring and control is becoming an essential need for meeting highly dynamic business objectives. At the same time, web-enabled platforms are required to perform remote monitoring with efficiently and effectively. Recent progresses on e-manufacturing applications address the needs for better integration between factory floor and enterprise systems. This paper presents a web-enabled platform which focuses on web-enabled intelligence to enable products and systems to achieve near-zero-downtime performance through device-to-business (D2B) platform. The proposed web-enabled platform can effectively minimize the massive information bottleneck that exists between plant floor and information systems. Case studies are presented to determine how effectively web-enabled industrial system can be used in factory floor as well as business decision-making. Manufacturers and users will benefit from the increased equipment and process performance with the effective implementation of the developed web-enable platform.

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  1. Industrial Engineering, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez, 250 N. Post Street, Mayaguez, PR, 00681, USA

    Ahad Ali

  2. Automated Precision, Inc., Rockville, MD, USA

    Zaifeng Chen

  3. University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA

    Jay Lee

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Ali, A., Chen, Z. & Lee, J. Web-enabled platform for distributed and dynamic decision-making systems. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 38, 1260–1270 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-007-1172-z

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