A cyber-physical system based collaborative distributed manufacturing system architecture for intelligent manufacturing

This paper systematically reviews the literature on cyber-physical systems (CPS) based on collaborative distributed manufacturing systems architecture for intelligent manufacturing. To this end, relevant journal articles were analyzed, examining literature about Internet of things, big data, distributed manufacturing systems, collaborative manufacturing, and intelligent manufacturing. Some important issues are identified, as well as gaps in the existing knowledge. Moreover, a CPS architecture in distributed manufacturing is proposed that acts as a platform for the collaborative environment to intelligently performing the tasks. The proposed architecture encapsulates different resources which can act as a guide for building a CPS framework for the equipment interconnection, to the data collection, processing, and the final knowledge procurement and learning. Furthermore, enabling technologies are discussed in the context of distributed manufacturing environments, or successful integration of different technologies to minimize the interoperability.