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This book describes the factory planning process with its manifold practical characteristics. With the methodology developed by the authors themselves and presented here, new factory types can be realized, tailor-made to the necessary requirements.

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The central purpose of this book is to impart knowledge, skills and practical - plementation methods for the planning and operation of adaptable production - cilities and factories. It addresses planning methods and procedures for various types of production facility up to and including entire factories, and is aimed at practicing factory planners and students alike. The book provides facts and demonstrates practical processes using case studies for the purposes of illustration, so that ultimately skills can be acquired that make independent practical implementation and app- cation possible. It is based on up-to-the-minute practical experience and univ- sally applicable knowledge of the planning and technological design of adaptable production facilities (manufacturing and assembly) and factories. In comparison to existing, thematically-similar reference books, what is in- vative about this manual is that it provides the impulse for a more flexible pl- ning approach for the efficient design of adaptable production facilities using - sponsive, unconventional planning and organizational solutions. The book aims to provide a way of integrating systematic and situation-driven planning methods in a meaningful way. Situation-driven planning is becoming increasingly important to production facilities in these fast-moving times of change, in particular in terms of resource and energy efficiency. Existing technical and organizational course of action in terms of resources (both human and technical) need to be selected for the specific case at hand, and changes (to workshops, products, processes and equ- ment) need to be managed.

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Systematic and Situation-Driven Planning Methods.- The 0 + 5 + X Planning Model.- Material flow and logistics.- Situation-driven case studies.

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Dr. Dr. Ing. Siegfried Wirth ist Professor für Fabrikplanung und Fabrikbetrieb an der Technischen Universität Chemnitz.

Professor Dr.-Ing. habil. Michael Schenk
Nach dem Studium der Mathematik und Industrietätigkeit 1983 Promotion auf dem Gebiet der Fabrikplanung. 1988 Habilitation. 1989 Hochschuldozent für Produktionsprozesssteuerung am Institut für Betriebsgestaltung, Universität Magdeburg. Seit 1994 Institutsleiter des Fraunhofer-Instituts für Fabrikbetrieb und -automatisierung (IFF) in Magdeburg und seit 2003 Universitätsprofessor auf dem Lehrstuhl Logistische Systeme an der Universität Magdeburg.

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