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Manufacturing companies need changeability in order to adapt to change drivers, such as unpredictable market demand and increasingly relevant sustainability requirements. Specific change drivers determine different changeability requirements, thus leading to the need for different changeability enablers. Therefore, before starting the identification and design of changeability enablers, companies should effectively identify their changeability requirements. In this study, an industry-applicable screening tool for the clarification of changeability requirements is proposed. The tool allows companies to discern whether they need flexibility or reconfigurability enablers. The tool has been validated with industry experts and is ready to be disseminated in industry.
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This research was conducted within the REKON project funded by the Danish Industry Foundation.
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Napoleone, A., Andersen, AL., Brunoe, T.D., Nielsen, K. (2021). An Industry-Applicable Screening Tool for the Clarification of Changeability Requirements. In: Dolgui, A., Bernard, A., Lemoine, D., von Cieminski, G., Romero, D. (eds) Advances in Production Management Systems. Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable and Resilient Production Systems. APMS 2021. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 631. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85902-2_50
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