Autor: Siegfried Stender

The sector of manufacturing and other involved sectors generates more than 50 % of the German GNP. For future success of this sector a production research, leaded to permanent top performance in production technology, is necessary. Adaptive manufacturing systems are needed for the fast changing future markets. Digital manufacturing is a knowledge based production, which accelerate the technical planning processes and allows collaborative work in networked production structures. The example of an innovation-cluster “digital production” shows the impact of future manufacturing systems realized through time and cost cutting in the developing processes of products and their production.

Today, an efficient product ramp-up is a precondition of the success of a company. The ramp-up management provides the coordination and management of the ramp-up process. The Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation and the company Schnitzer Anlauf- und Projektmanagement GmbH has developed a tool for analysing the product ramp-up process in order to achieve potentials for optimization. Ramp-up projects can be evaluated and best practices can be identified.