AUTHORS: Marcus Winkler, Dieter Stellmach, Meike Tilebein
Many companies are currently facing a profound change, especially due to changes in demand towards individualization, the transformation to Industry 4.0 and the advancing digitization in the value chain. The challenges extend, among other things, to the production of different batch sizes, various forms of cooperation as well as the cost-efficient production and supply of both innovative and individualized products.