(IEEE SYSTEMS JOURNAL,, 2013) Asif Mahmood; Montagna, Francesca
System of systems (SoS) is quite a new approach
in the practical field that is on the verge of transcending the
boundaries of the defense system and ready to be applied in the
industrial sector. This paper attempts to answer the important
question of whether a production system falls under the scope of
SoS by using a general framework proposed by the system theory.
This also unearths the need to radicalize lean manufacturing
with state-of-the-art tools. In order to achieve this objective, we
design and elaborate a new management framework for an SoS
lean or smart lean system by applying the SoS approach to lean
manufacturing.