QoS management in manufacturing grid

Abstract

In order to apply Manufacturing Grid technology to manufacturing field and provide resource-sharing and collaborating for the distributed manufacturing companies on a common platform, Manufacturing Grid system should resolve the problem brought by non-technical factors in manufacturing. Extending the requirement of product quality and regarding it as a kind of provided service which is required in the process of manufacturing. Then importing the idea of QoS (Quality of Service) to Manufacturing Grid and merging it into the manufacturing's characteristics. Based on it, making QoS management as the key research contents of Manufacturing Grid and create Manufacturing Grid-QoS (MG-QoS) system. Furthermore, proposing a kind of preliminary solution based on QoS management to Manufacturing Grid's practical application. It provides quality guarantee for the application of Manufacturing Grid and resolves the issue of prerequisite for Manufacturing Grid's practice from theoretical research. © 2006 International Federation for Information Processing.