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Globalization and industry 4.0 has changed the norm of the manufacturing process of product life cycle. Manufacturing companies are no longer focuses on selling tangible products but have also started selling manufacturing product related services. Computers and information technologies are deeply entrenched in the modern manufacturing systems, giving rise to Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM), Cyber Physical Systems and most recently Cloud Manufacturing. The cloud manufacturing platform proposed in this paper will truly emphasize the concept of design anywhere machine anywhere, where manufacturing and machining data and resources can be shared by anyone regardless of locations and limitations.

The advancement of information and communication technology (ICT) has changed the structure and functions of various sectors and it has also started to play a significant role in modern manufacturing in terms of computerized machining and cloud manufacturing. It is important for industries to keep up with the current trend of ICT for them to be able survive and be competitive. Cloud manufacturing is an approach that wanted to realize a real-world manufacturing processes that will apply the basic concept from the field of Cloud computing to the manufacturing domain called Cloud-based manufacturing (CBM) or cloud manufacturing (CM). Cloud manufacturing has been recognized as a new paradigm for manufacturing businesses. In cloud manufacturing, manufacturing companies need to support flexible and scalable business processes in the shop floor as well as the software itself. This paper provides an insight or overview on the implementation of cloud manufacturing in the modern manufacturing processes and at the same times analyses the requirements needed regarding process enactment for Cloud manufacturing and at the same time proposing a STEP-NC concept that can function as a tool to support the cloud manufacturing concept.