Investigating Flexibility as a Performance Dimension of a Manufacturing Value Modeling Methodology (MVMM): A Framework for Identifying Flexibility Types in Manufacturing Systems

Procedia CIRP

Volumn 63, Issue , 2017, Pages 33-38

  Burger, Niklas ^a   Demartini, Melissa ^b   Tonelli, Flavio ^b   Bodendorf, Freimut ^a   Testa, Chiara ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c Siemens Italy SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Industry 4.0; manufacturing flexibility; value modeling creation

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; INTERNET OF THINGS; MANUFACTURE;

CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMS (CPS); EXTERNAL INFLUENCES; INTERNET OF THING (IOT); MANUFACTURING COMPANIES; MANUFACTURING ENVIRONMENTS; MANUFACTURING FLEXIBILITY; PERFORMANCE DIMENSIONS; VALUE MODEL;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 85005951744     PISSN: 22128271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.procir.2017.03.343     Document Type: Conference Paper

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