Die zwei Seiten der Digitalen Fabrik

Abstract

Kurzfassung Die Digitale Fabrik wird immer wichtiger. Dies zeigt auch das kontinuierlich wachsende Interesse von Groß- und Kleinunternehmen, insbesondere in der Automobilindustrie. Dabei ist die Digitale Fabrik zunehmend als Wettbewerbsfaktor zu betrachten, welcher die notwendige Reaktion auf sich rasch verändernde Produktionsrahmenbedingungen erst ermöglicht. Der vorliegende Beitrag zeigt die Notwendigkeit der differenzierenden Betrachtung der Digitalen Fabrik, die weder als reines Software-Werkzeug noch als reine Methodik verstanden werden darf.

Active Role-Based Database System for Factory Planning

“…Due to the globalization of markets and the paradigm shift in production from mass production to customized mass production, product cycles and the degree of individualization as well as the complexity of products have been decreasing for years [1,2]. As a result, companies' planning processes have to meet customer demands for more variants, in the shortest possible delivery times and maximum transparency across the entire business processes [3,4]. Under these circumstances, there is an increase in planning frequency, the volume of planning data raises and requires its exchange through further interfaces along the value chain.…”

“…Therefore, new methods and instruments have become necessary in order to master the increasingly complex product and production development processes economically [1]. One solution is the systematic use of planning methods and virtual planning and validation in order to implement the modifications in the existing or new factory after successful evaluation [3,4,5].…”

“…In the future, factory planning with the Digital Factory and the Digital Shadow will require the intelligent use of existing digital data to extract planning knowledge and integrate it into the planning process [11]. For this purpose, database tools must be created to systematically convert planning data into stored planning knowledge and to use it actively across all planning phases of the factory planning process [3,5,12]. In addition, the tools must have a human-oriented visualization in order to include all persons who must be jointly involved in solving specific tasks [5,13].…”

The Digital Factory

“…In addition to the lack of a common understanding of the term Digital Factory, there is also an increasing amount of software vendors available offering services within this domain (Bracht & Masurat, 2005). This leads to a large number of different software solutions (Bley, Fritz, & Zenner, 2006) and complicates the software selection process in context of the Digital Factory (Meier & Homuth, 2005). Yet at the same time an individual and requirements based selection of the software tools is crucial to a successful implementation of the Digital Factory (Dettmering, Reiter, & Naß, 2010;Schraft & Bierschenk, 2005).…”