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The transformability of factories is an essential design field for future-proof factory planning. In order to shape the ability to change in a targeted manner, corresponding planning approaches provide for an assessment of potential adaptation requirements. These are triggered by so-called change drivers. This article structures the factory environ...
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Localisation technologies in production environments require the positioning of anchors in the room. This article presents a planning approach that enables the necessary infrastructure to be quantified. To this end, we will show which localization technologies are used and explain from a scientific and practical perspective how the anchors are plan...
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It is important for manufacturing companies to have changeable structures that enable rapid and cost-efficient adaptations to changing requirements. An important aspect in adapting factory structures is the dynamic characteristics of changeability. In addition to the fulfilment of changed requirements, structural adaptations influence the degree of...
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In the course of a factory planning process, various limitations occur that can influence a factory concept. These are often summarized under the terms ‘constraints’, ‘limitations’, ‘restrictions’, and ‘requirements’ without a clear definition, but they are by no means synonyms. This article makes a classification into the four types: ‘strategic co...
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Manufacturing companies operate in an environment characterized by turbulences and volatility, resulting in the need for permanent adaptation of existing factory structures. An important characteristic in this context is the factory‘s ability to change (changeability), which is defined as the ability to adapt structures rapidly and with acceptable ...
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Quantum computing is an important building block for the digitalized future of a company. Successes in recent years – in the development, construction and operation of quantum computers – have led to the achievement of a preliminary stage of industrialization. Quantum-based algorithms have the potential to solve operational decision-making problems...
The rigid interlinking of assembly stations in assembly lines is increasingly leading to cycle time losses and inefficiencies. In this context, matrix-structured assembly systems have emerged as an alternative, cycle time-independent form of assembly organization. In matrix-structured assembly systems, the assembly stations are decoupled from each ...
The increasing importance of manufacturing in the global economy underlines the relevance of factory planning. Considerable resources are employed in the planning and realisation of factories in order to meet individual customer requirements. Highly complex, recurring planning processes with many interfaces often lead, among other things, to time a...
