The Operational Process Dashboard for Manufacturing

AbstractAgility is a critical success factor for manufacturers in today's volatile global environment and requires employees monitoring their performance and reacting quickly to turbulences. Thus, comprehensive information provisioning on all hierarchy levels is neces- sary. Yet, existing IT systems, e. g., Manufacturing Execution Systems, scarcely address information needs of workers on the shop floor level. This causes uncoordinated waiting times, inflexibility and costly communication. To address these issues, we present the Operational Process Dashboard for Manufacturing (OPDM), a mobile dashboard for shop floor workers. We identify process- oriented information needs, develop technical dashboard services and define IT requirements for an implementation

Method for Configuring Product and Order Flexible Assembly Lines in the Automotive Industry

AbstractIn the last few years the number of offered vehicle derivatives in the multi variant serial production of the automotive industry increased. The existing assembly lines have to manage many ramp ups. It is necessary to increase the product and order flexibility of existing assembly lines to manage these challenges. This paper details the preconditions to learn, which assembly configurations fulfill the requirements of existing, further and future products. Therefore the developed method uses degrees of freedom in the assembly order

Forschung für die Produktion in Deutschland

Manufacturing is the backbone of the economy. 230.000 enterprises with 27 Million employees create a yearly value added of EUR 1.300 billion. Its centres are in the middle of Europe. But at this time we have a migration of consumption and production of technical products to growing regions in the world and globalisation of manufacturing with high structural changes. All research and industrial organisations postulate initiatives to innovate manufacturing and leadership in manufacturing technologies especially in the German economy. Under the umbrella of "Manufuture" a research initiative has been started to accelerate research on EU, national and regional level. This initiative is based on a vision of manufacturing in 2020 and some thesis for the orientation of future manufacturing

Towards the re-industrialization of Europe: a concept for manufacturing for 2030

Not only are European industries shrinking and experiencing diminishment of their capability to add value, but Europe has lost more than a third of its GDP, which had been primarily based on manufacturing, and it suffers the consequences in high unemployment and weakened states finance. This book is intended as a significant contribution to the on-going European discussions after the economic crisis and the economic problems in many regions. It is meant to enrich actual political dialogues for overcoming the crises by activating new potentials of high added value. As such, it seeks to provide the necessary orientation for enacting fundamental changes of business models and factory capabilities in order to meet the challenges of the global economy and minimizing environmental impacts. It also opens perspectives for enterprise strategies and for further research topics. Concrete recommendations are made for fields of action and future development towards achieving a sustainable industrial sector in Europe. ‘Towards the Re-Industrialization of Europe’ is based on megatrends, societal challenges and objectives for factories development. Focused on the realization of these goals by 2030, the treatise addresses four major topics of the European strategy in manufacturing: manufacturing in the urban environment; green manufacturing; manufacturing in the value chain, and manufacturing in the age of knowledge and communication. One enabler of this strategic orientation is the implementation of holistic manufacturing systems which reflect manufacturing as a social-technical system that has to be innovated, optimized and adapted to the future requirements by implementation of enabling technologies and human skill. The public infrastructure and reviving industries must also be able to support the strengthening of the economy through collaboration in research and education

Intelligente Produktion im Hochlohnland Deutschland

Die Wirtschaftsregion Deutschland ist eine weltweit führende Region in der verarbeitenden Industrie mit einer Kernkompetenz in der Produktionstechnik. Trotz der guten Position ist ein Paradigmenwechsel von der Kostenorientierung zu einer Orientierung auf Nachhaltigkeit und Wertschöpfung notwendig

Integration von Wissen in Maschinen und Anlagen

Konsequente Kundenorientierung in der Produktentstehung und Maximierung der Wertschöpfung über den gesamten Lebenszyklus der Produkte sind einer alleinigen Kostenführerschaft langfristig überlegen. Dieser Vorsprung resultiert im Wesentlichen aus dem Wissen der beteiligten Mitarbeiter und Ingenieure. Ihre hervorragende Ausbildung, die gesammelten Erfahrungen und das notwendige Maß an Beharrlichkeit bei der Problemlösung bringen Produkte hervor, die Ihresgleichen suchen. Diesen Wettbewerbsvorteil gilt es zukünftig noch stärker herauszuarbeiten, da er nur schwer nachzuahmen ist und somit langfristig wirkt. Der vorliegende Beitrag erläutert Möglichkeiten, um produktionstechnisches Wissen in einen Mehrwert für den Kunden zu überführen. Als Kernaufgabe wird hierbei die Integration des impliziten Wissens in Maschinen und Anlagen herausgearbeitet. Schulungsumgebungen wie die Lernfabrik für aIE dienen der Verbreitung von Best Practice und aktuellen Forschungsergebnissen