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    Multi-perspective modelling of sustainability aspects within the industrial environment and their implication on the simulation technique
    ( 2011)
    Rabe, M.
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    Jochem, R.
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    Weinaug, H.
    Modelling is a broadly accepted analytic instrument and planning tool. Today, modelling is mainly applied for engineering and physics purposes and covers a short time horizon when compared to intergenerational justice. In parallel, sustainability is gaining increased importance for the industrial planning, because themes like global warming, child labour, and compliance with social and environmental standards have to be taken into account. Sustainability is characterized by comprehensively examining the three dimensions of economic, environmental, and social questions as well as their long-term perspective. Adequate indicators and an adaptation of modelling and simulation methods and procedures are necessary to evaluate the sustainability of industrial processes. A further challenge is the consideration of sustainability effects coming from the usual manufacturing process structure of a value creation network, in particular from cross-company cooperation and geographically distributed production. This article analyses the implications of those advanced tasks on the simulation technique and its application and proposes a conceptual framework for the modelling and simulation of such networks, which differentiates the effects of sustainability by the level of decision-making within enterprises.
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    Factory planning using integrated information and material flow simulation
    ( 1994)
    Mertins, K.
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    Rabe, M.
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    Jochem, R.
    Planning and optimization of factories is a complex task. Information flow and material flow have to be studied in an integrative way in order to achieve highest quality standards of planning results. With the help of computer aided methods the authors suggest planning support by an enterprise specific reference model for the development of an information flow concept and by a material flow model for the development of a logistics concept. As information and material flow will influence each other very intensively, these models should base on a common kernel, which is described with the same modelling approach. The authors propose an Integrated Enterprise Modelling (IEM) method, which uses the object oriented modelling approach. Main features are the close relation between functions and data of an object (encapsulation), inheritance, and the class concept. With MO2GO (based on IEM) and MOSYS, IPK Berlin has developed two planning systems which justly fit the need of todays industrial p lanning requirements.
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    Planning of enterprise-related CIM structures
    ( 1992)
    Mertins, K.
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    Rabe, M.
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    Jochem, R.
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