AN OBJECT ORIENTED MODELING METHOD IS PRESENTED FOR MANUFACTURING CELLS. THE METHOD IS FOCUSED ON STANDARDIZING THE SEMANTICS OF THE COMMUNICATION AT THE CELL AND THE AREA LEVEL OF A FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM. THE BASIC MODELING FRAME IS THE VIRTUAL MANUFACTURING DEVICE (VMD), WHICH COMES FROM THE MANUFACTURING MESSAGE SPECIFICATION (MMS). THIS PAPER DESCRIBES A METHOD FOR APPLYING THE VMD MODEL ONTO A VIRTUAL CELL.
