Synchronous method and engineering tool for the strategic factory planning

This paper presents the approach to combine two reference methods and engineering tools, for »Factory Performance and Investment Planning« as well as »Value Added Ideal Production Network Planning«. The resulted synchronous method aims to support factories in the strategic planning as well as in the network planning. The corresponding engineering tool is employed for assessment planning, sales planning, capacity planning and production costs planning under the consideration of dynamic and stochastic aspects of different production scenarios. An implementation scenario of the synchronous method and engineering tool is presented to demonstrate the relevance of the results.