TY - JOUR

T1 - Logistics-oriented Production Configuration Using the Example of MRO Service Providers

AU - Mütze, Alexander

AU - Lucht, Torben

AU - Nyhuis, Peter

N1 - Funding Information: Funded by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) ``Systematic analysis of the effect of production planning and control processes on logistical objectives'' - 434659386

PY - 2022/1/26

Y1 - 2022/1/26

N2 - Providers of maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services for complex capital goods, such as aircraft engines, which are indispensable for the customers to perform their services, are facing increasing market dynamics as well as constantly growing, diversifying customer requirements. The ability to achieve (the required) high logistics performance is greatly determined by a suitable production configuration. From the strategic definition of goals to the design of suitable supply chain structures as well as planning, controlling and monitoring mechanisms, a multitude of interdependent configuration decisions must be made on different organisational levels at various points in time. At the same time, numerous internal and external influencing variables must be taken into account, observed and continuously examined for configuration-relevant changes. If necessary, suitable reconfiguration measures must be initiated. This article presents an approach to production configuration based on logistics modelling. To handle the multitude of effects and interactions they are translated into a framework for efficient and sustainable production configuration. It consists of four successive levels for the initial configuration as well as an additional module for long-term production configuration monitoring. It serves to review pre-existing configurations in the context of reorganisation projects and enables the target-oriented configuration of internal supply chains.

AB - Providers of maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services for complex capital goods, such as aircraft engines, which are indispensable for the customers to perform their services, are facing increasing market dynamics as well as constantly growing, diversifying customer requirements. The ability to achieve (the required) high logistics performance is greatly determined by a suitable production configuration. From the strategic definition of goals to the design of suitable supply chain structures as well as planning, controlling and monitoring mechanisms, a multitude of interdependent configuration decisions must be made on different organisational levels at various points in time. At the same time, numerous internal and external influencing variables must be taken into account, observed and continuously examined for configuration-relevant changes. If necessary, suitable reconfiguration measures must be initiated. This article presents an approach to production configuration based on logistics modelling. To handle the multitude of effects and interactions they are translated into a framework for efficient and sustainable production configuration. It consists of four successive levels for the initial configuration as well as an additional module for long-term production configuration monitoring. It serves to review pre-existing configurations in the context of reorganisation projects and enables the target-oriented configuration of internal supply chains.

KW - MRO

KW - Maintenance engineering

KW - Mathematical models

KW - Process control

KW - Production

KW - Production Configuration

KW - Production Planning and Control

KW - Production planning

KW - Reference Modelling

KW - Supply Chain Management

KW - Supply chains

KW - Throughput

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85123726849&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3146420

DO - 10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3146420

M3 - Article

VL - 10

SP - 20328

EP - 20344

JO - IEEE ACCESS

JF - IEEE ACCESS

SN - 2169-3536

ER -