The central purpose of this book is to impart knowledge, skills and
practical - plementation methods for the planning and operation of
adaptable production - cilities and factories. It addresses planning
methods and procedures for various types of production facility up to
and including entire factories, and is aimed at practicing factory
planners and students alike. The book provides facts and demonstrates
practical processes using case studies for the purposes of illustration,
so that ultimately skills can be acquired that make independent
practical implementation and app- cation possible. It is based on
up-to-the-minute practical experience and univ- sally applicable
knowledge of the planning and technological design of adaptable
production facilities (manufacturing and assembly) and factories. In
comparison to existing, thematically-similar reference books, what is
in- vative about this manual is that it provides the impulse for a more
flexible pl- ning approach for the efficient design of adaptable
production facilities using - sponsive, unconventional planning and
organizational solutions. The book aims to provide a way of integrating
systematic and situation-driven planning methods in a meaningful way.
Situation-driven planning is becoming increasingly important to
production facilities in these fast-moving times of change, in
particular in terms of resource and energy efficiency. Existing
technical and organizational course of action in terms of resources
(both human and technical) need to be selected for the specific case at
hand, and changes (to workshops, products, processes and equ- ment) need
to be managed.
