摘要：Abstract From classic process- and product-oriented production lines, several alternative production arrangements have been tried and modeled. Exploring new features such as non-linearity, integration, supply-chaining and flexibility, more recently focus has been on distributed and collaborative holonic and multi-agent approaches. This production evolution reflects the evolution in manufacturing design and the integration of manufacturing with the ubiquitous culture introduced by e-Work, communication and information systems. More recently, there is another influential vector, typically not considered in the technological analysis of manufacturing advances: the tendency to move from the traditional process- and product-oriented approaches to service-oriented approaches. Such tendency is being spread in research labs and increasingly, in current management decisions, especially in computer and cyber industries. In this article, we analyze closely the coalition between e-Work and service-oriented approach towards a new manufacturing architecture composed by a grid of services which operates in parallel to a main process that defines the manufactured artifact—targeting an interesting blending of product and service. The need to explore and provide different design approaches for this emerging product-service architecture (PSA) is discussed as a future challenge, which demands multidisciplinary tools for analysis and planning.
关键词：Keywordse-WorkManufacturing serviceManufacturing gridProduct - service architecture (PSA)
