Efficient change management for the flexible production of the future

Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 712-726

  Stanev, Stilian ^a   Krappe, Hardy ^a   Ola, Hischam Abul ^b   Georgoulias, Konstantinos ^c   Papakostas, Nikolaos ^c   Chryssolouris, George ^c   Ovtcharova, Jivka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b FZI RESEARCH CENTER FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Change Management; Flexibility manufacturing systems; Organizational processes industries

Indexed keywords

PROBLEM SOLVING;

CHANGE MANAGEMENT; CHANGE PROCESSES; DECISION-MAKING PROCESS; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; FLEXIBILITY MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; FLEXIBLE PRODUCTION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; MANUFACTURING AUTOMATION; MANUFACTURING ENVIRONMENTS; ORGANIZATIONAL PROCESSES INDUSTRIES; PRODUCTION SYSTEMS; TWO PHASES;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 49349095097     PISSN: 1741038X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410380810888102     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Alexopoulos, K., Burkner, S., Milionis, I. and Chryssolouris, G. (2005a), "DESYMA - An integrated method to aid the design and the evaluation of reconfigurable manufacturing systems", Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Changeable, Agile, Reconfigurable and Virtual Production, Munich, Germany, pp. 467-75.
2. Alexopoulos, K., Mamassioulas, A., Mourtzis, D. and Chryssolouris, G. (2005b), "Volume and product flexibility: a case study for a refrigerators producing facility", Proceedings of the 10th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, Catania, Italy, pp. 891-7.
3. Alexopoulos, K., Mourtzis, D., Papakostas, N. and Chryssolouris, G. (2007a), "DESYMA: assessing flexibility for the lifecycle of manufacturing systems", International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 45 No. 7, pp. 1683-94.
4. Alexopoulos, K., Papakostas, N., Mourtzis, D., Gogos, P. and Chryssolouris, G. (2007b), "Quantifying the flexibility of a manufacturing system by applying the transfer function", International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Vol. 20 No. 6, pp. 538-47.
5. Alexopoulos, K., Papakostas, N., Mourtzis, D., Gogos, P. and Chryssolouris, G. (2008), "Oscillator analogy for modelling the manufacturing systems dynamics", International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 46 No. 10.
6. Bechrakis, K., Karagiannis, S. and Chryssolouris, G. (1997), "The ζ analogy method for the modelling of manufacturing systems", Proceedings of the Second World Congress on Intelligent Manufacturing Processes & Systems, Budapest, Hungary, pp. 166-9.
7. Behrbohm, P. (1985), Flexibilität in der industriellen Produktion: Grundüberlegung zur Systematisierung und Gestaltung der produktionswirtschaftlichen Flexibilität, Verlag Lang, Frankfurt a. M.
8. Butz, H-W. (1976), Geplante Flexibilität in Unternehmen der Einzelfertigung, RWTH, Aachen.
9. Chen, I. and Chung, C-H. (1996), "An examination of flexibility measurements and performance of flexible manufacturing systems", International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 34 No. 2, pp. 379-94.
10. Chryssolouris, G. (1996), "Flexibility and its measurement", Annals of the CIRP, Vol. 5 No. 2, pp. 581-7.
11. Chryssolouris, G. (2006), Manufacturing Systems - Theory and Practice, 2nd ed., Springer-Verlag, New York, NY.
12. Chryssolouris, G. and Lee, M. (1992), "An assessment of flexibility in manufacturing systems", Manufacturing Review, Vol. 5 No. 2, pp. 105-16.
13. Crnkovic, I., Asklund, U. and Persson-Dahlqvist, A. (2003), Implementing and Integrating Product Data Management and Software Configuration Management, Artech House, London.
14. Dormeyer, H-J. (1986), Konjunkturelle Früherkennung und Flexibilität im Produktionsbereich, Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, München.
15. Georgoulias, K., Papakostas, N., Makris, S. and Chryssolouris, G. (2007), "A toolbox approach for flexibility measurements in diverse environments", Annals of CIRP, Vol. 56 No. 1, pp. 423-6.
16. Georgoulias, K., Papakostas, N., Chryssolouris, G., Krappe, H., Stanev, S. and Ovtcharova, J. (2007), "Flexibility assessment platform for the factory of the future", Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Concurrent Enterprising (ICE), Sophia Antipolis, France, pp. 479-86.
17. Gupta, D. (1993), "On measurement and valuation of manufacturing flexibility", International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 31 No. 12, pp. 2947-58.
18. Hopfmann, L. (1989), Flexibilität im Produktionsbereich - Ein dynamisches Modell zur Analyse und Bewertung von Flexibilitätspotentialen, Verlag Lang, Frankfurt a. M.
19. Krappe, H., Stanev, S. and Ovtcharova, J. (2006), "Integration of flexible manufacturing and change management processes in a service-oriented architecture", Proceedings of the IEEE International Joint Conferences on Computer, Information, and Systems Sciences and Engineering, Springer, Dordrecht.
20. Lindemann, U. (2005), Der Änderungsmanagement Report, CiDaD Working Paper Series, Jahrgang 1, August.
21. Lindemann, U. and Reicliwald, R. (1998), Integriertes Änderungsnianageinent, Springer Verlag, Berlin.
22. Schmigalla, H. (1995), Fabrikplanung - Begriffe und Zusammenhänge, Hanser Verlag, REFA München.
23. Sethi, A. and Sethi, P. (1990), "Flexibility in manufacturing: a survey", International Journal of Flexible Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 2 No. 4, pp. 289-328.
24. Stockton, D. and Bateman, N. (1995), "Measuring the production range flexibility of a FMS", Integrated Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 6 No. 2, pp. 27-34.
25. Wiendahl, H.P. and Hemandez, R. (2002), "Fabrikplanung im Blickpunkt-Herausforderung Wandlungsfähigkeit", Werkstattstechnik online, available at: www.technikwissen.de/wt.