Autor: Jürgen Gausemeier

The application of automated material flow systems increases the flexibility in automated manufacturing. But there is a weak spot in the development of the control software. This article describes an engineering system for the graphical interactive development of material flow control systems. This system supports the development of the material flow systems including the generation and simulation of the control software and the simulation of the flow of material. The approach for the development of material flow systems and the functionality of the system are introduced using a case study that represents a class of automated material flow systems.

This article describes a new IT system, which provides all process relevant information to the production process involved employees. The access to the company data is done online by using mobile devices (PDA, tablet PC, wearable PC etc.). The employees receive context sensitive all required information via wireless transmission (WLAN etc.). The type of information, its representation and the system’s functionality depends on the role and the function of the corresponding user within the company.