Viable System Model for Manufacturing Execution Systems

The complexity of automated production systems results in a variety of different objectives that have to be considered in the ramp-up phase. In regard to planning and control of production processes the underlying optimization problem is multi-dimensional. In order to reduce efforts especially in production ramp-up, methods to automatically adjust to new environments and new objectives are required. This paper focuses on the modeling and integration of a production control unit for automated production systems that are structured according to the Viable System Model. (C) 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.