Leading subject
Multidisciplinary procedures
The Research Training Group “Adaption Intelligence of Factories in a Dynamic and Complex Environment” addresses highly qualified doctoral researchers of several disciplines. It offers the opportunity to conduct joint research and to compose doctoral theses about adaption planning and realisation of factory systems. In view of increasingly dynamic and intensive transformation processes within corporate environments, the ability of factories to adapt to these changes becomes increasingly necessary. In this context, the time necessary for this adaption as well as the efficiency and effectiveness involved in this process are key factors for success.
Current research programs in the field of factory planning are not characterised by an adequate consideration of multidisciplinary procedures. These, however, are indispensable in order to grasp the complexity of factories, to consider their interdependencies, and to achieve shorter reaction time and adaption efficiency. The primary intention of the Research Training Group is to strengthen an interdisciplinary education in integrated factory planning of doctoral researchers in order to reach a higher performance of collaborative planning in practice. The Research Training group is thus set up to promote cooperation. It enables the doctoral researchers to reach their interdisciplinary research aims by considering the interfaces of research fields.
Term (1. Funding Stage):
01.04.2016 – 30.09.2020
Spokesman:
Prof. Dr. Jakob Rehof
Participation
of 18 fellows (11/16)
Integrative and consistent models and concepts
The structure of the research program concentrates on a continuous and multidisciplinary reflection of the complete cause-activity-chain of adaption processes. Therefore, the Research Training Group focuses on the goal-oriented compilation of integrative and consistent models and concepts, which continuously support the adaption processes and improve both collaboration and adaption intelligence in a dynamic workflow.
Stages of Adaptation
Due to the variety of environmental factors in addition to the complexity and multidisciplinarity of potential approaches and methods, a collaborative and interdisciplinary procedure is essential for the scientific success of the Research Training Group. The aim of excellent research and especially the collaboration and interdisciplinary education of the doctoral researchers is supported by a structured qualification concept. Furthermore, a virtual model factory will be established as a learning management system especially for the exchange of information and experimentations.
Focus of Research
The first focus of research includes the development of a concept and method component system, which has to be developed step-by-step by the graduate college in subprojects. The planned dissertation subjects distinguish themselve by a innovative character and a strong interdisciplinary oriented elaboration and serve the superior, common purposes.
Management of Adjustment processes
Besides the development of consistent concepts and methods is the second focus of research the management of adjustment processes. This part addresses the questions of operational storyboarding specific adaptations and temporal control of processes of change but also the dynamic supply of methods and tools with cloud-enabled repositories.
To meet the challenges of multi-disciplinarity of factory planning in general and of adjustment planning, an extensive integration of different subjects is required.
Facing the challenging interdisciplinary demands result oriented and intelligent is only with a extensive approach possible. The resulting variety of involved competence and the strong professional heterogenity in the graduate college lead to a lot interface possibilites which represent in their specifications for the involved disciplines a new kind of research cooperation. This is wanted for the major objective but a systematic management and a targeted control of the interdisciplinary cooperation. Besides the subdivided research program in two research groups, the research focus for the interdisciplinary concept and methods development are divided again in two research groups with a defined research topics.
Sustainable concepts and methods
The chosen interaction topics focus on the development of sustainable concepts and methods for factory system planning and implementation and follow the hightech-strategy of the federal environment, the current Industry 4.0 ideas and the necessary integration of virtual technology. The structure of the graduate college consists therefore of research groups with three interaction topics which mainly concretise the strong interdisciplinary cooperation.
Management of
Adjustment processes
Smart Efficient
Production Systems
Virtualization
Management of Adjustment processes
This part addresses the questions of operational storyboarding specific adaptations and temporal control of processes of change but also the dynamic supply of methods and tools with cloud-enabled repositories. To meet the challenges of multi-disciplinarity of factory planning in general and of adjustment planning, an extensive integration of different subjects is required. Facing the challenging interdisciplinary demands result oriented and intelligent is only with a extensive approach possible. The resulting variety of involved competence and the strong professional heterogenity in the graduate college lead to a lot interface possibilites which represent in their specifications for the involved disciplines a new kind of research cooperation. This is wanted for the major objective but a systematic management and a targeted control of the interdisciplinary cooperation.
Prof. Dr. Andreas Hoffjan
Lehrstuhl Unternehmensrechung und Controlling
Prof. Dr. Jakob Rehof
Lehrstuhl für Software Engineering
Prof. Dr. Peter Buchholz
Lehrstuhl für praktische Informatik
Prof. Dr. Michael Henke
Lehrstuhl für Unternehmenslogistik
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Howaldt
Sozialforschungsstelle Dortmund
Smart Efficient Production Systems
The second interaction topic aims the design of sustainable efficient production systems or rather an itelligent and step-by-step transition. The choice of the interaction topic is based on a transition of industry within Industriy 4.0 and the introduction and usage of cyber-physical-systems (CPS). The objective is the consideration during the development of interdisciplinary concepts and methods for the support of adjustment proccessesthe central elements of Industry 4.0 and the outstanding development opportunities of different technology interfaces for example between IT and mechanical and plant or electrical engineering.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Petra Wiederkehr
Lehrstuhl für Software Engineering, AG „Virtual Machining“
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Prof. h. c. Dirk Biermann
Institut für spanende Fertigung
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian Rehtanz
Institut für Energiesysteme, Energieeffizienz und Ernergiewirtschaft
Prof. Dr. Michael Henke
Lehrstuhl für Unternehmenslogistik
Jun.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Anne Meyer
Digitalisierung in Unternehmenslogistik und Supply Chain Management
Lehrstuhl für Unternehmenslogistik
Virtualization
The third interaction topic emphasizes the usage of virtual technology to increase the adaptation intelligence and therefor a central enabler for sustainable planning and design processes. Virtual modells of factories and the usage of virtual testbeds are essential for the support of collaborative planning and ensure qualified decisions. The virtual factory has to be mentioned as an important research and learning module which learning environment is accessable for all participants of the graduate college.
Prof. Dr. Mike Gralla
Lehrstuhl Baubetrieb und Bauprozessmanagement
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Michael ten Hompel
Lehrstuhl für Förder- und Lagerwesen
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Roßmann
RIF e. V.