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A controlling system based on cause–effect relationships for the ramp-up of production systems

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Due to ever shorter product life-cycles, the duration and costs of the ramp-up phase are becoming even more important. Unfortunately, actual tools for project management are not capable of controlling the ramp-up sufficiently. Currently a ramp-up controlling system is developed with a prognosis model as its core component. This is based on a network of cause–effect relationships, which forecasts the effect of a parameter change on the principal project objectives such as performance, costs and due dates. The paper explains the basic model and the structure of the resulting prototype which consists of project planning software, databases, spreadsheets and simulation models.

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Acknowledgments

We would like to thank the Federal Ministry of Education and Research and the project sponsors for their backing and financial support, without which the project “Proactive Ramp-up Control of Production Systems Along the Value-Creation Chain (ProactAS)” would not have been possible. The project is rendered possible with funds provided by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research within the framework concept of “Research for the Production of Tomorrow” with the reference No. 02PS2000, and is supervised by the Ministry project sponsors for Production and Manufacturing Technologies (PFT), Karlsruhe Research Center.

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  1. IFA - Institut für Fabrikanlagen und Logistik, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Hannover, Germany

    Helge Winkler, Michael Heins & Peter Nyhuis

  2. Produktionstechnisches Zentrum Hannover (PZH), An der Universität 2, 30823, Garbsen, Germany

    Michael Heins

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Winkler, H., Heins, M. & Nyhuis, P. A controlling system based on cause–effect relationships for the ramp-up of production systems. Prod. Eng. Res. Devel. 1, 103–111 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11740-007-0011-2

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