mutability

The increasing complexity in manufacturing companies’ business environment requires the fast response to changes with little effort. The article focuses the design and implementation of a changeable and versatile production system that transfers the well-proven tact-oriented principle to the whole order management process. The realization is illustrated by practical examples.

The international competition pressure and the increased customer requirements regarding delivery time and individual expression of the products provide the basic conditions for the capital goods industry in Germany. Besides a high productivity the change ability is a prerequisite within the production to also be able to consist in wage-intensive fields competitively at the market. In this article its use is described by flexible production modules with a practice example in the capital goods industry.