Production Support Systems (Production Support Systems) refers to a series of tools and technologies used to assist in the management, control, optimization and information processing of the production process. With the rise of intelligent manufacturing and Industry 4.0, production support systems play an increasingly important role in improving production efficiency, reducing costs, and ensuring product quality. In this paper, we will discuss the connotation, key technology, application practice and development trend of production support system in depth to provide useful reference for the transformation and upgrading of manufacturing industry.

The connotation of production support system

Definition: production support system refers to the production support system by means of information technology, automation technology, network technology and other means, the production process of resources, equipment, personnel, information and other effective management, in order to achieve the production goals of a series of systems.

Functions: The production support system mainly includes modules for production planning and scheduling, equipment maintenance and management, quality control and traceability, supply chain management, and energy management.

Three key technologies of production support system

Data acquisition and monitoring technology

Data acquisition and monitoring technology is the cornerstone of the production support system, which mainly includes sensor technology, industrial Internet of Things technology, real-time database, etc., used to collect and monitor data. technologies, real-time databases, etc., which are used to collect real-time data from the production site.

Production Scheduling and Optimization Technology

Production Scheduling and Optimization Technology is used to optimize the production plan by means of mathematical models and algorithms, to achieve rational allocation of resources and to improve production efficiency.

Equipment Maintenance and Management Technology

Equipment Maintenance and Management Technology includes fault diagnosis, predictive maintenance, equipment performance analysis, etc., which is aimed at reducing the failure rate of the equipment and prolonging its service life.

Quality control and traceability technology

Quality control and traceability technology controls product quality through real-time monitoring of the production process, ensures that the product complies with the standards, and realizes rapid traceability in case of problems.

Production support system application practice

Production planning and scheduling

The production support system can automatically generate the production plan based on the order demand, inventory, equipment status and other factors, and make dynamic adjustments to ensure that production tasks are completed on time.

Equipment Maintenance and Management

Through the production support system, the enterprise can realize the remote monitoring, fault warning and intelligent maintenance of equipments to reduce the cost of repairing and to improve the utilization rate of equipments.

Quality control and traceability

The production support system can monitor key links in the production process, analyze quality data in real time, and deal with problems in a timely manner to ensure product quality.

Supply Chain Management

Production support systems can optimize supply chain processes, achieve synergy among raw material procurement, production, sales, and service, reduce inventory costs, and improve response time.

The development trend of production support systems

intelligent

With the development of artificial intelligence technology, production support systems will be more intelligent, realizing the production process of autonomous decision-making and optimization.

Networked

Production support systems will further strengthen integration with the industrial Internet, realizing interconnectivity among equipment, systems, and personnel.

Greening

Production support systems will pay more attention to energy saving and emission reduction, and help the manufacturing industry realize green production.

Production support system is a key tool to enhance the competitiveness of manufacturing industry. Facing the new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial change, China's manufacturing industry should seize the opportunity to vigorously promote and apply the production support system, accelerate the pace of transformation and upgrading, and contribute to the realization of high-quality development of manufacturing industry. At the same time, enterprises should combine with their own reality, continue to explore and innovate, and combine the production support system with enterprise management and enterprise culture to create an intelligent manufacturing system with core competitiveness.