Dimensionierung wandlungsfähiger Fabriken: Planungsprozess zur Festlegung einer idealen wirtschaftlichen Werksgröße

Abstract

The adaption of factory structures to reflect frequent changes in its production program is one of the big challenges for production enterprises. Changes of customer demand often reach the limits of existing flexibility. The factory must thus be able to change structurally: An economically feasible degree of changeability has to be set. The article presents a planning process to define a strategic "change-frame", which limits the minimal and maximal factory size