Management of tools in digital manufacturing - A case study

The rapid market changes and strong product individualization create the need for great flexibility of manufacturing management on new foundations, such as the Industry 4.0 model. Digital manufacturing is the basis for Industry 4.0, which has the following dimensions: (a) digital manufacturing based on advanced digital-oriented technologies, (b) smart products (advanced manufacturing model and new characteristics), and (c) smart supply chain of raw materials and delivery of finished products). Bidirectional exchange of information in collaborative manufacturing, using it exchange also for digital platforms of design of the innovative products. In this paper we are show developed model of Serbian digital factory of home cookware and appliance manufacturing for tools lifecycle management (TLM) in workshop for metal forming as a part of MES model.