A manufacturing model representation of a flexible manufacturing facility

The manufacturing model is an information model that describes the manufact uring capability of a particular enterprise. To achieve general applicabili ty, the model consists of the entities that are relevant and important for any type of manufacturing firm, namely: manufacturing resources (e.g. machi nes, tools, operators, etc.), manufacturing processes (e.g. machining proce sses, assembly, etc.) and manufacturing strategies (e.g. how these resource s are organized and used). The manufacturing model is a four-level model ba sed on a de facto standard (i.e. factory, shop, cell, station) that represe nts the functionality of the manufacturing facility of any firm. The manufa cturing model concept presented in this paper represents the manufacturing capability of a high-performance flexible manufacturing facility.