Subproject B5: Systemic change management: designing change cycles in manufacturing

Main objective of subproject B5 is to support the design of efficient and effective change cycles in manufacturing based on a systemic change management. The systemic change management addresses both, PSS and manufacturing changes and is a consistent, process-based approach, which is independent from organizational structures. It will be developed in cooperation with subproject B1 (which focuses on PSS changes). The focus of the subproject is on proactive, reactive and retrospective activities in change cycles as well as on the integration of system models (e.g. of the factory, of the product) to support the identification and analysis of change impacts.

• Planning method for reconfigurations of manufacturing resources
• Simulation of dynamic interactions of cycles relevant for manufacturing
• Context model for Manufacturing Change Management 
• Reference process for Manufacturing Change Management

• Processes and methods for an efficient and effective design of change cycles in manufacturing 
• Approach for a proactive, reactive, and retrospective change management of change cycles 
• Integration and utilization of system models of PSS and the production system for change analyses 
• Approach 
  • Development of processes, activities, and supportive methods for a systemic change management      
  • Integration of system models (PSS & production system) to analyse change impacts and to predict change propagation      
  • Development of a situation- and change-specific process adaptation       
  • Testing of design approaches for change cycles in industry       
  • Close collaboration with sub-project B1 (systemic change management for product development)

• Koch, J.; Michels, N.; Reinhart, G.: Context model design for a process-oriented Manufacturing Change Management. CIRP International Conference on Manufacturing Systems (CMS’15), Juli 2015. 
• Koch, J.; Plehn, C.; Reinhart, G.; Zäh, M. F.: Cycle Management for Continuous Manufacturing Planning. In: Zäh, M. F. (Ed.): Enabling Manufacturing Competitiveness and Economic Sustainability. Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Changeable, Agile, Reconfigurable and Virtual Production (CARV 2013). New York: Springer 2014, S. 9–12.