Smart production systems form the basis of novel interaction and collaboration opportunities between humans and their working environment. In this context, human-machine collaboration is an application area for the future shop floor and will pave the way for the new dimensions in production. This thesis highlights what is necessary to achieve the integration of resources at a shop floor with a specific contribution to communication, process planning and transportation. As this is part of larger project that is to achieve a smart factory test bed, the concepts of smart factories, industry 4.0 and the technologies that support such systems are investigated and discussed. To demonstrate this, a portal robot, automated transport system and manufacturing execution system are integrated to facilitate a kitting operation. This thesis seeks inform how a feature rich smart factory test bed with collaborative assembly can be designed, developed, and tested.