Decision support system: real‐time control of manufacturing processes

Manufacturing industries are in the midst of a new technological revolution, characterised by the increasing advances and application of information and communication technology for both information processing and automatic control. A unique manufacturing methodology for non‐destructive, real‐time process optimization and quality certification has been developed. This includes the design of a decision support system (DSS) for controlling the optimized process. The DSS comprises the capability of supporting both the process operator and manager in the decision‐making process, allowing them to take advantage of the degrees of freedom of the physical system to make it work in a way where the optimized process control variables are under statistical control, resulting in optimized output factors that, in turn, secure higher productivity and improved quality.