Design and Implementation of CNMA in SMEs: a Distributed Quality-Control System

DINAS-DQS - 6779

Keywords quality control, communications standards, SMEs

Start Date: 01-SEP-92 / Duration: 24 months

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Objectives

The objective of DINAS-DQS is to apply CNMA in an SME environment to support a distributed quality-control system.

The approach will be to:

• define and develop a distributed quality system to collect, manage, store and process all quality data continuously
• develop quality-control application software to give warnings of sudden changes in the production process on the shop-floor
• identify and define the networking requirements needed by SMEs to support the distributed quality-control system
• evaluate the performance of existing CNMA tools and methods in a relevant SME
• establish a CNMA-based communication network which is capable of handling the range, volume and complexity of data involved in all quality-control functions.

The consortium will define and present guidelines for implementing CNMA applications in SMEs. Pilot demonstrations and evaluations are foreseen in a manufacturing environment which has two local area networks (LANs) connected to a metropolitan area network (MAN). Results will be incorporated in a distributed quality control system marketed by a vendor member of the consortium.

CONTACT POINT

Mr John Katakis
Intracom SA
Markopoulou Avenue, Km 195
GR - 19002 Peania Attika
tel: + 30/ 1-664-4961
fax: + 30/ 1-664-4379
telex: 219849 INTR GR

Participants

INTRACOM SA - GR - C
FRAUNHOFER IPK - D - P
INTRASOFT SA - GR - P
INESC - P - P
HYPERION ENERGY SYSTEM LTD - IRL - P

DINAS-DQS - 6779, December 1993

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