IMS-II: Integrierte Materialfluss-Systeme. Teilprojekt A1: Logistikgerechte-Strukturplanung Entwicklung und parallele schrittweise Einfuehrung eines Planungs- und Informationssystems zur EDV-gestuetzten permanenten logistikorientierten Fabrikstrukturplanung in produzierenden Unternehmen. Abschlussbericht

Abstract

The A1 IMS-II subproject was dedicated to the development and testing of practical computer-aided instruments for structural factory planning by means of modern visualization and simulation techniques and by use of real data. In addition, instruments were developed for configuration of factory simulators which support permanent logistics-oriented factory planning at the operative and tactical levels. The definition of structural materials and information flow elements and their interaction provided elementary fundamentals for the development of design rules applicable to materials handling structuring processes. The integration of structure models into the real data inventory of, e.g. a factory allows one to model the real factory processes. Using the model, conceivable structuring alternatives or control strategies can be tested and evaluated before orders are placed for implementation. The 'permanent factory planning' option of the developed instrument contributes to rationalization in small- and medium-scale factories if, for example, service companies develop, archive and continuously maintain the factory models, or if the models are connected via data interfaces with the factory's real data inventory and are used every day to find solutions to topical problems. The present applications of the model elements comprise, e.g. simulation-assisted analyses of factories and their information and materials flow interconnections with suppliers and customers, and the modeling of complex logistics structures such as procurement and distribution channels. (orig.)SIGLEAvailable from TIB Hannover: F94B1033 / FIZ - Fachinformationszzentrum Karlsruhe / TIB - Technische InformationsbibliothekBundesministerium fuer Forschung und Technologie (BMFT), Bonn (Germany)DEGerman