Abstract The production of aircraft conduit is characterized by multi-varieties, small-batch, lots of manual operations, fast circulation, high productivity and large quantity of WIP, so its logistics control becomes more difficult. This paper proposes a production logistics control method based on the concept of station end, which is built from bottom layer (station end) to upper layer (workshop production control), that is, all kinds of workshop resources are divided into several different stations according to process functions. Each station is a logistics control point equipped with station end software, station end terminal, and material identification device, AGVs are used to transport conduits among stations. All stations are connected together with upper layer by workshop network. So the production logistics instructions from upper layer can be fast transferred to each station and executed quickly, at the same time the logistics information of conduits can be accurately collected from bottom layer and sent to upper layer, so the logistics control system of production workshop is set up efficiently. We develop the logistics control system for a practical aircraft conduit production line, and the effectiveness of the proposed system is validated.
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