Identifying the Requirements for Resilient Production Control Systems

Tighter supply chains create an increasing need for manufacturing organisations to become more flexible and more able to cope with disruptions drives the need for resilient production. Further, the interconnected nature of production environment and the complexities associated with the adoption of lean and process automation requires monitoring and control system to have increasing functionalities. Beyond simple monitoring and control, production systems are required to analyse information from disparate sources, detect abnormal deviations and then to react and cope with those deviations in a more effective manner. In this paper key requirements for resilient production systems are developed by establishing the links between production disruption and the required resilient capabilities. This then translates into requirements for resilient control and tracking in production systems.