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Adaptable logistic structures: An approach for the configuration and assessment of adaptable logistic structures in existing value creating networks
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Regarding the constantly changing boundary conditions for the industrial creation of value, changeable factories must be challenged. Hence, the common factory planning process is enhanced by simulation techniques. Due to the increasing level of detail and complexity during this planning process, simulation models are characterised by an decreasing amount of changeability. In the prevailing work, the term changeability concerning factory planning and simulation is examined in further detail. For a mutual understanding, a cybernetic model of factory planning is developed. On this basis, three strategies for increasing the changeability of simulation models are depicted.
An adaptable business strategy is key for ensuring a sustainable competitive advantage in an increasingly turbulent environment. Especially the manufacturing sector, including the automotive and engineering industry, is faced with the challenge of aligning the order fulfillment process with changing requirements. Before the appropriate actions can be taken, however, it is necessary to know which change drivers are actually relevant and what consequences they imply. Thus, future scenarios must be derived to calculate the cost effectiveness. The procedure described in this article enables companies to systematically identify, evaluate and forecast change drivers