Methods to describe, assign and derive capabilities from the capability, skill and service (CSS) model

Abstract

For the use of the CSS model, workflows are needed to describe, assign and derive capabilities. This contribution provides a Capability Determining method that encompasses the three underlying technology-independent methods to guide stakeholders in describing, assigning and deriving capabilities for manufacturing. The first underlying method, Describing Capabilities, describes a workflow for the formal semantic description of capabilities. The workflow for assigning capabilities to a production resource is explained using the second method Assigning Capability. In the last workflow, capabilities are derived from a production specification or a process description using the method Deriving Capability.