... Diese Entwicklungen haben uns veranlaßt, mit der heterarchischen Hierarchie ein für das Produktionsmanagement zunächst etwas "ungewohnt" anmutendes Organisationsprinzip als Gestaltungselement flexibler Produktionssysteme vorzustellen und kritisch zu untersuchen.

Mit hoher Geschwindigkeit wechselnde qualitative und quantitative Marktanforderungen erfordern von Unternehmen geeignete Reaktionen. Die Umweltdynamik findet einerseits Eingang in die strategische Planung und führt andererseits im Ausführungssystem zu ungeplanter Turbulenz. Die taktische Ebene...

By building on theoretical work by Mills and Schumann (1985) and Ungern-Sternberg (1990) this paper provides evidence on the determinants of two dimensions of flexibility, the flexibility in adjusting aggregate output over time ("tactical flexibility") as well as the ability to switch quickly...

This study analyzes the impact of international trade on the diffusion of flexible manufacturing in a general equilibrium framework. Suppliers produce a flexible base product that can be adapted to the specific input requirements of a continuum of downstream industries. The vertical structure is...

Growth and survival of an organisation are depended on the systematic planning and execution. A model is needed as it is a description of a system. This paper provides a container terminal for understanding the Supply chain process within terminal compound. Container terminal systems and...

This paper discusses the body of knowledge about Holonic Approach to theoretically demonstrate how Holonic Production System (HPS) can be a convincing choice to overcome the problems of traditional production systems’ architectures. Today, enterprises are trying to find ways to manage the...

This paper presents methods to determine the optimal transfer batch sizes of various part types between two machines so as to minimize the sum of the total relevant costs. Information required includes the expected production requirements, the operations' processing times, the travel times, the...

Flexible transfer lines or mixed-model assembly lines are capable of diversified small-lot production due to negligible switch-over costs. With these lines, it is possible to implement just-in-time (JIT) production, which involves producing only the necessary parts in the necessary quantities at...