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A production planning system to continuously integrate the characteristics of reconfigurable manufacturing systems

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Operation in a dynamic environment requires companies to constantly adapt their manufacturing systems to stay competitive. One approach to manufacturing is the use of reconfigurable manufacturing systems (RMS). Current production planning approaches cannot model and realize the production-side adaptions available in RMS. In this article a novel planning system for modeling that continuously integrates the key characteristics of RMS in production planning and control (PPC) is presented. First, the challenges for production planning using RMS are defined. A feasible planning system is then presented, based on modeling and specification approaches, followed by a planning method to realize capacity scalability and functionality changes in planning processes. Finally, a prototypical application is outlined and the planning system is evaluated with the help of different production scenarios. The application results demonstrate the feasibility of the planning system as well as the potential improvement of typical key performance indicators in manufacturing.

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Abbreviations

DML:

Dedicated manufacturing line

PPC:

Production planning and control

FMS:

Flexible manufacturing system

RMS:

Reconfigurable manufacturing system

TPT:

Throughput times

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The research and development project that forms the basis for this paper is funded under Project No. 01MA13009A within the scope of the Autonomics for Industry 4.0 technology program run by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and is managed by the project management agency ‘Technical Innovation in Business’ at the German Aerospace Center in Cologne. The authors are responsible for the contents of this publication.

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    Andreas Hees & Gunther Reinhart

  2. Department of Industrial Engineering, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Stellenbosch, 7602, South Africa

    Corné S. L. Schutte

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Hees, A., Schutte, C.S.L. & Reinhart, G. A production planning system to continuously integrate the characteristics of reconfigurable manufacturing systems. Prod. Eng. Res. Devel. 11, 511–521 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11740-017-0744-5

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