Construction of cyber-physical system–integrated smart manufacturing workshops: A case study in automobile industry

Along with the change of global economic landscape and the development of manufacturing technologies, cyber–physical-system-integrated smart manufacturing system has become a general solution for both developed and developing countries to upgrade their manufacturing industries. To bridge the gap from those theories developed without much practice to those strategies put forward in recent years by typical countries, a framework of smart manufacturing workshop is proposed in this work, trying offer a possible solution in workshop level to the intellectualization of manufacturing processes. To measure the unbalanced development levels, a comprehensive model for quantitative capability maturity evaluation of smart manufacturing workshops is developed, providing directive guidelines and roadmap for the transformation of manufacturing companies. A complete and detailed application of automotive body-in-white manufacturing is also given to demonstrate the implementation and potentials of the framework.