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Appendix I
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

HAMIRPUR, HP
Assessment Rating Performa
for
“To measure impacts generated by Agent Technology in manufacturing of High
Technology Products”
Name of Respondent: ____________________________________________

Position (Title): _____________________________________________
Name of Organization: _____________________________________________
Objective:To measure the impacts of Agent Technology in High Tech manufacturing.
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Respected Sir/Madam,
The purpose of our research is to measure the impacts of Agent Technology in High
Tech manufacturing and whether Agent Technology contributes significantly and
positively to improve manufacturing organization’s effectively. In fact, manufacturing
organizations have been using the concept of Agent Technology in the form of
multiple modules of agent controlled functions. Literature indicates that Agent
Technology is understood as to integrate in manufacturing environment, giving a new
direction to an intellectualized fault prognosis system. So we have identified twenty
two governing variables of Agent Technology. We have developed questionnaire
based on relative contribution of agents.
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The format of questionnaire is based on relative importance/contribution
1. Equally important
2. Weakly more important
3. Strongly more important
4. Very strongly more important
5. Absolutely more important
Please mark/highlight to the side (based on above rating), which is more important as
per your opinion.
Abbreviations used:
ISS Information support system
MCS Manufacturing control system
FDP Fault detection, diagnostics and prognostics
MMS Maintenance in manufacturing system
OF Organizational factors
PPA Process planning agent
SA Scheduling agent
VM Virtual manufacturing
DBA Database agent
NBA Networking between agents
DST Decision support tool
MA Machine agent
CNC Computer numerical control
MM Multimedia
AMA Assembly machine agent
QCA Quality control agent
FDP Fault detection, diagnostics and prognostics
MNA Monitor agent
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DA Diagnosis agent
PA Prognosis agent
IMDP Integration of monitoring, diagnosis and prognosis
MMS Maintenance in manufacturing system
MS Maintenance scheduler
EM E- Maintenance
MDT Machine downtime
IE Inventory expense
JIT Just in time
OI Organizational inputs
OO Organizational output
CDR Change in demand rate
A. Comparison of variables/ sub-variables
Goal: To measure the relative contribution of agents for respective variables and
sub-variables.
I. Compression between main variables
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5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 MCS
ISS
ISS 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 FDP
ISS 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 MMS
ISS 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 OF
II.
MCS 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 FDP
MCS 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 MMS
MCS 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 OF
FDP 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 MMS
FDP 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 OF
MMS 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 OF
Comparison between sub-variables of ISS

SA 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 PPA
SA 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 VM
SA 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 DBA
PPA 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 VM
PPA 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 DBA
VM 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 DBA
III. Comparison between sub-variables under MCS

NBA 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 DST
NBA 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 MA
NBA 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 MM
NBA 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 AMA
NBA 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 QCA
DST 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 MA
DST 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 MM
DST 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 AMA
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DST 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 QCA
MA 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 MM
MA 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 AMA
MA 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 QCA
MM 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 AMA
MM 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 QCA
AMA 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 QCA
IV. Comparison between sub-variables of fault detection, diagnosis & prognosis

MNA 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 DA
MNA 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 PA
MNA 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 IMDP
DA 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 PA
DA 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 IMDP
PA 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 IMDP
V. Comparison between sub-variables of Maintenance of manufacturing system

MS 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 EM
MS 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 MDT
MS 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 IE
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EM 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 MDT
EM 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 IE
MDT 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 IE
VI. Comparison between OF

JIT 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 OI
JIT 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 OO
JIT 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 CDR
OI 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 OO
OI 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 CDR
OO 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 CDR
B. Comparison for decision level
Goal: To measure the importance of decision level for respective variables/which

decision level is more important for respective variable.
VII. Scheduling agent
Strategic Level 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 Tactical level
Strategic Level 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 Operational level
Tactical level 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 Operational level
VIII. Process planning agent
IX. Virtual manufacturing
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X. Database agent
XI. Networking between agents
XII. Decision Support Tool
XIII. Machine Agent
XIV. Multimedia
XV. Assembly Machine Agent

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XVI. Quality Control Agent
XVII. Monitoring Agent
XVIII. Diagnostic Agent
XIX. Prognostic Agent
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XX. Integration of Monitoring, Diagnosis & Prognosis
XXI. Maintenance scheduler
XXII. E maintenance
XXIII. Machine down time
XXIV. Inventory expense
XXV. Just in time
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XXVI. Organizational input
XXVII. Organization output
XXVIII. Change in demand rate
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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Name of Respondent: ____________________________________________

2. Weakly more important

3. Strongly more important

4. Very strongly more important

5. Absolutely more important

ISS Information support system

MCS Manufacturing control system

FDP Fault detection, diagnostics and prognostics

MMS Maintenance in manufacturing system

PPA Process planning agent

DBA Database agent

NBA Networking between agents

DST Decision support tool

CNC Computer numerical control

AMA Assembly machine agent

QCA Quality control agent

FDP Fault detection, diagnostics and prognostics

MNA Monitor agent

IMDP Integration of monitoring, diagnosis and prognosis

MMS Maintenance in manufacturing system

MDT Machine downtime

JIT Just in time

CDR Change in demand rate

A. Comparison of variables/ sub-variables

Comparison between sub-variables of ISS

III. Comparison between sub-variables under MCS

IV. Comparison between sub-variables of fault detection, diagnosis & prognosis

V. Comparison between sub-variables of Maintenance of manufacturing system

VI. Comparison between OF

B. Comparison for decision level

Goal: To measure the importance of decision level for respective variables/which

VII. Scheduling agent

Strategic Level 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 Tactical level

Strategic Level 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 Operational level

Tactical level 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 Operational level

VIII. Process planning agent

Strategic Level 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 Tactical level

Strategic Level 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 Operational level

Tactical level 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 Operational level

IX. Virtual manufacturing

Strategic Level 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 Tactical level

Strategic Level 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 Operational level

Strategic Level 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 Tactical level

Strategic Level 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 Operational level

Tactical level 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 Operational level

XI. Networking between agents

Strategic Level 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 Tactical level

Strategic Level 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 Operational level

Tactical level 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 Operational level

XII. Decision Support Tool

Strategic Level 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 Tactical level

Strategic Level 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 Operational level

Tactical level 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 Operational level

XIII. Machine Agent

Strategic Level 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 Tactical level

Strategic Level 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 Operational level

Tactical level 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 Operational level

Strategic Level 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 Tactical level

Strategic Level 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 Operational level

Tactical level 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 Operational level

XV. Assembly Machine Agent