Sustainability imposes an unprecedented challenge on society and has become the driving force of an urgent search for innovative solutions in all branches of economy. Manufacturing plays a key role in many areas of human living, and it is both part of the problem and of the solution. This book...

Mass Customization examines the business opportunities, considerations, and challenges manufacturers in various industries must weigh before committing to the significant investment in machinery and software needed to go to mass customization. For manufacturers who decide that it’s time to...

Welche Zukunft hat die Produktion? Die Meinungsführer der Managementlehre, des Technologiemanagements, des Produktionsmanagements und der Produktionstechnik diskutieren diese Frage hier im Detail. Sie zeigen die Widersprüche zwischen Komplexität im Produktionsumfeld und Agilität im Markt auf...

und Problemstellung -- Definition und Abgrenzung des Untersuchungsgegenstandes -- Das prozesstechnologische Managementsystem -- Das strategische prozesstechnologische Planungssystem -- Unternehmensexterne Einflussfaktoren auf die Entwicklung von Prozesstechnologiesystemen -- Unternehmerische...

The German Academic Society for Production Engineering is an association of leading German professors of production engineering. The „WGP Jahreskongress" has the aim to foster young researchers by giving the opportunity to publish their research results under their own name exclusively and...

Collection of selected, peer reviewed papers from the 2012 WGP Congress, June 27-28, 2012, Berlin, Germany. The 39 papers are grouped as follows: Chapter 1: Light Weight Construction, Chapter 2: Enabling Mass Production, Chapter 3: Medical and Micro Technology, Chapter 4: E-Mobility, Chapter 5:...