Challenges and Requirements for Improving Overall Equipment Effectiveness with Intelligent Manufacturing Technology in Special Machinery Engineering

This paper presents the results of a study conducted to investigate the reasons why advanced, intelligent manufacturing approaches, such as service-orientation, multi-agent systems, artificial intelligence, and digital twins, are not widely used in the field of special manufacturing machinery. The study was carried out among special machinery engineering companies, with a focus on improving availability and overall equipment effectiveness. The observations made during the study revealed several challenges and obstacles that hinder the adoption of these technologies. Based on the observations made during the study, the paper proposes a set of requirements that can facilitate the adoption of intelligent manufacturing approaches to improve the overall equipment efficiency of special manufacturing machinery in a practical manner.