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16/07/2008 20:47. Complex, large-scale production lines will soon get anew class of systems based on the world’s first agent-based production control system, currently in use on the Mercedes C-class assembly lines.

ProVis.Agent controls and monitors the line, not only providing visibility of the whole factory and any disruptions, but crucially also the resulting bottlenecks, the overall impact of any specific disruption – and required averting actions.

“The system works out what the worker in the control room needs to do in order to achieve the defined output target – for instance, by postponing a scheduled break, redeploying the workers on the production lines, or changing the sequence of the vehicles at short notice,†explains Dr.-Ing. Olaf Sauer, head of the control... // Manufacturing Computer Solutions