Integration and management of manufacturing systems

Markets for manufacturing industries are becoming more and more turbulent because of global competition. A company can only survive through continous internal innovation and extreme customer orientation. The main aim in operating manufacturing systems is to speed up raction and to increase quality of service to market requirements. As a response to this challenge flexible automation of the manufacturing process, the material-flow and the information-flow has progressed considerably with recent developments. Conditions, methods, tools, solutions, and experiences are discussed.