Development Of A Method For Decision Support On Participation In Capacity Sharing For Manufacturing SMEs

authored by

Maren Müller, Fabian Schüler, Malte Stonis, Peter Nyhuis

Abstract

A volatile, non-transparent market environment leads to fluctuations in the load on production capacities in the manufacturing sector, which are reflected within production in over-or underutilization of machines and persons. Small and midsized enterprises (SMEs) are expecting increasing volatility, which is accompanied by an increase in the frequency of market and economic cycles. For SMEs it is difficult to handle these fluctuations. Capacity sharing platforms can be a solution for this challenge. Platforms are available in different forms. Currently, companies are not often using this possibility, because of prevailing scepticism in different fields. Therefore, a methodology will be developed to provide a decision support for or against platform usage. Additionally, the platform type choice will be supported, and the changes of logistic and economic indicators will be considered. With this information, companies can make a qualitative decision, and the existing inhibitions can be alleviated.

External Organisation(s)

Institut für integrierte Produktion Hannover (IPH)
International Performance Research Institute (IPRI)

Type

Conference article

Journal

Proceedings of the Conference on Production Systems and Logistics

Pages

411-423

No. of pages

13

Publication date

2022

Publication status

Published

Peer reviewed

Yes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Management of Technology and Innovation, Strategy and Management

Sustainable Development Goals

SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

Electronic version(s)

https://doi.org/10.15488/12197 (Access: Open)