Modular change impact analysis in factory systems: Guideline for individual configuration

Shorter product innovation cycles, high variant products, and demand fluctuation, as well as equipment life cycles and technology life cycles force manufacturing companies to regularly change their manufacturing system. In order to address this challenge, an efficient and structured change managemen...

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Published in:Production engineering (Berlin, Germany) Germany), 2020-10, Vol.14 (4), p.445-456
Main Authors: Bauer, Harald, Haase, Paul, Sippl, Fabian, Ramakrishnan, Robert, Schilp, Johannes, Reinhart, Gunther
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Engineering
Industrial and Production Engineering
Production
Production Management
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Summary:Shorter product innovation cycles, high variant products, and demand fluctuation, as well as equipment life cycles and technology life cycles force manufacturing companies to regularly change their manufacturing system. In order to address this challenge, an efficient and structured change management is required. As change causes and factory elements are connected via a complex network of relations and flows, an essential step in change management is the evaluation of considered adjustments with regard to their effects on the current production system. Depending on the context of the application, change impact analysis must process specific inputs and deliver different results. Current approaches, however, each focus only on selected aspects of the versatility of change effects. To address this challenge, this paper presents a modular approach for the individual design of change impact analysis.
ISSN:0944-6524
1863-7353
DOI:10.1007/s11740-020-00979-4