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PublicationPatterns for Resilient Value Creation: Perspective of the German Electrical Industry during the COVID-19 Pandemic( 2021)
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PublicationInteraktives Lagebild - Ein Werkzeug für das Krisenmanagement in prozessorientierten Unternehmen( 2021)Viele Unternehmen bringt die Krise um den Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 in existenzielle Nöte. Der plötzliche Ausfall von Zulieferern und Kunden oder eine kurzfristige Änderung von Regularien (z. B. Kurzarbeitsregeln) stellen Betriebe vor Herausforderungen. Hinzu kommen sich laufend ändernde Einflüsse und Informationsquellen. Ein gemeinsames Lagebild bietet Einsatzkräften im Sicherheitsbereich seit langem Orientierung und wird nun auch für Unternehmen relevant. Die Verknüpfung und Visualisierung von externen Informationen aus dem Unternehmensumfeld (z. B. Corona-Fallzahlen in der Region eines Hauptzulieferers) mit den internen Fähigkeiten eines Unternehmens (z. B. Verfügbarkeit der Mitarbeiter) bleibt jedoch ein ungelöstes Problem. Dieser Beitrag zeigt, wie ein Lagebild auch für Unternehmen zu einem zielgerichteten Handeln beitragen kann.
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PublicationDesign alternatives for internationally distributed learning factories in global production engineering( 2020)An internationally distributed learning factory (IDLF) provides opportunities to make students aware of intercultural challenges in global production networks. An IDLF is a scalable network of learning factories with value creation processes in spatially distributed locations. It enables collaboration and competition between student groups in distant locations and considers manual and automatic process methods. Due to the high number of design alternatives for IDLFs, a systematic approach for describing attractive characteristics is required. This paper shows design alternatives for IDLFs structural and process organization on the example of learning factories in Germany, Turkey and Vietnam.
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PublicationDemand-oriented barriers and potentials for remanufacturing in Vietnam( 2020)Since the liberalisation of its economy, Vietnam has emerged as a key location for investment in workforce-intensive assembly processes operation, through an available and cheap workforce. Soaring national consumption levels for goods and services generate in turn unprecedented quantities of waste to be treated locally. In 2015, governmental decision 16/2015/QÐ-TTg set a basis for a national waste legislation for mechanical and electronic equipment goods. Remanufacturing is a non-destructive, industrial reuse strategy which aims at restoring products to original specifications by reusing a maximum number of original components in their current form. It has potential to provide Vietnam with an alternative to low value-added repair activities. As Vietnam is the fourth market for motorcycles in the world, this paper presents a case study about barriers and potentials for remanufacturing from the market and customer perspective. Potential solutions for supporting industrial development are suggested.
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PublicationCharacteristics and Skills of Leadership in the Context of Industry 4.0( 2020)Leadership is essential in organizations to successfully promote a culture of innovation. Consequently, leaders assume a crucial role in the paradigm shift towards Industry 4.0. This paper aims to present key leadership characteristics and skills in the context of Industry 4.0. It was based mainly on a literature review about leadership and Industry 4.0. This work results in 10 leadership characteristics found for industry 4.0 and their relationship with 4 leadership skills groups: cognitive skills, interpersonal skills, business skills, and strategic skills. The organizations might consider these skills as requirements for the leaders in the transition process towards Industry 4.0.
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PublicationIntuitive Werkzeuge für ein durchgehendes Engineering. Technologieintegrierte Fabrikplanung für KMU( 2020)Für kleine und mittelständische Unternehmen (KMU) ist die Fabrikplanung mit digitalen Werkzeugen und Methoden in der Regel nicht wirtschaftlich, obwohl sie die gleichen Qualitätsanforderungen an die Fabrikplanung stellen wie große Unternehmen. Dieser Beitrag zeigt, wie auf Basis von Unternehmensmodellen die technologieintegrierte Fabrikplanung wirtschaftlich die Planungsqualität steigert, indem sie bereits in der frühen Entwicklungsphase Kernelemente der Planung synchronisiert: Fabrikkonzept, Fertigungsprozesse, Technologien und Digitalisierung.
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PublicationEntwicklung eines Assistenzsystems zur Konfiguration und Implementierung von GPS. GPS-Einführung in KMU der Pharmaindustrie( 2020)The introduction of a Lean Production System (LPS) is a suitable means of enhancing competitiveness. For small and medium-sized pharmaceutical companies such an introduction is a challenge due to industry characteristics. A methodology for the selection, configuration and implementation of suitable methods was developed and made available in the form of software to support the introduction of LPS in small and medium-sized pharmaceutical companies.
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PublicationIncreasing challenges for sustainability for manufacturing industry based on global, national and technological initiatives( 2020)The world has always been undergoing constant change. For a long time, this change has been mainly shaped by natural evolution, but with increasing growth of economies and population as well as technological development mankind is more and more forced to emphasize sustainability tasks to secure quality of life. Diverse global and regional initiatives with enormous impact on all areas of human living in the field of trade, infrastructure or production are shaping the world with increasing speed. To cope with the growing challenges such as climate change, scarcity of resources or increasing social pressure, a combined sustainability strategy of companies, investors, civil society and the public sector is essential to secure a prosperous future. This keynote introduces supra-regional initiatives of infrastructure and production and outlines approaches to manage related sustainability challenges.
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PublicationMaturity Assessment in Industry 4.0 - A Comparative Analysis of Brazilian and German Companies( 2020)The article presents a comparative analysis of maturity level in Industry 4.0, of Brazilian companies with German Industry, seeking to identify learning opportunities to increase competitiveness. It was used the maturity model in Industry 4.0 developed by VDMA (German Mechanical Engineering Industry Association), applied to German companies, serving as benchmark. The same model was applied to Brazilian companies, from the State of Espírito Santo, located in the most developed region of the country, but with lower industrial density, and which has great challenges to increase its participation in the national and international markets. A field research was carried out with 46 industries, which participated in workshops to understand the fundamentals and to evaluate the maturity level in Industry 4.0. The individual results were processed by the platform of VDMA, indicating the levels in six dimensions of the model and the general result on a scale of 0 to 5. The results of all companies were tabulated, allowing the comparison with the research carried out with German companies. The study showed that, on average, Brazilian companies have the same level of maturity of German companies in readiness for Industry 4.0, with grade 0.9 in a scale of 0 to 5. But, there are significant differences in compared dimensions. 5.6% of German companies are at the advanced level in Industry 4.0, especially the technology developers, while Brazilian companies studied are still at the most basic levels. Both Industries are skeptical about investments in Industry 4.0 and the level of evaluation on Strategy dimension is still low. The comparison of expectations and difficulties allowed identify essential points to support these companies to follow the way to Industry 4.0.
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PublicationEffectivity of Learning Factories to convey problem solving competencies( 2020)The ability to solve problems in a structured way is an essential competence of people in a factory, from the shopfloor operator to the management level. This is already the case for established lean management approaches and is gaining relevance with the increasing complexity of production systems through progressive automation and digitisation. As learning factories have shown to be an effective approach for learning and teaching production-related topics in a practical manner, a learning module for the A3 problem solving methodology was implemented at an industrial learning factory. In order to continuously improve the learning and teaching productivity, the effectiveness of different approaches to convey the A3 methodology was investigated with over 100 participants. The results show that while the setting of learning factories can be used in a beneficial way for learning the A3 methodology, additional advantages regarding learning as well as process performance can be generated by including real und current content from the learner`s specific workplaces.
