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Lean Planning & Control in a High-Variety/Low-Volume Environment

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This paper illustrates the need for a systematic methodology in the design of a lean planning & control system in flexible automated high-variety/low-volume environments. The paper presents a bottom-up methodology building on the work of Bertrand, Wortmann and Wijngaard (1990). A case is presented to illustrate the need to carefully divide planning tasks among planning and work floor level. Visualization tools as well as smart algorithms and a digital twin concept might be helpful to cope with the complexities of flexible automated manufacturing systems. The extended methodology has to be added to the lean toolbox: the complexity and opportunities of new technologies and digital tools necessitates this extension.

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Slomp, J., Gupta, J.N.D. (2024). Lean Planning & Control in a High-Variety/Low-Volume Environment. In: van Kollenburg, T., Kokkinou, A., McDermott, O. (eds) Challenging the Future with Lean. ELEC 2023. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 681. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-63265-5_9

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