Intelligent assistance systems (IAS) are designed to counteract rising cognitive demands caused by increasingly individualized manufacturing processes in assembly. How IAS affect work characteristics which are crucial for promoting work motivation of employees is yet unclear. Based on the...

In today’s fast-paced market, companies are challenged to meet increasing customer demands and shorter product life cycles. To successfully respond to these demands, companies must produce a wide variety of different products. This requires the determination of necessary processes and...

Abstract Intelligent assistance systems (IAS) are designed to counteract rising cognitive demands caused by increasingly individualized manufacturing processes in assembly. How IAS affect work characteristics which are crucial for promoting work motivation of employees is yet unclear. Based on...

Abstract In today’s fast-paced market, companies are challenged to meet increasing customer demands and shorter product life cycles. To successfully respond to these demands, companies must produce a wide variety of different products. This requires the determination of necessary processes and...

Mit der steigenden Leistungsfähigkeit von mobilen Computern und Anzeigegeräten hat sich die Nutzung von Augmented-Reality-Technologien in den letzten zehn Jahren verstärkt. Augmented Reality (AR) ist eine Technik, die es den Nutzern ermöglicht, mit ihrer physischen Umgebung durch die...

This paper discusses the makespan minimization of a production batch within a specific concurrent system, seru production system. A seru production system consists of multiple independent serus. A seru is a compact assembly origination in which products are assembled...

Today's volatile market conditions in electronic industries have lead to a new production system, seru (which is the Japanese pronunciation for cell), and has been widely implemented in hundreds of Japanese and other Asia companies. In particular, the rotating seru has been widely implemented,...

Durch eine zunehmend flexibilisierte Produktion und relativ hohe Personalfluktuation bei einfachen Tätigkeiten wird das Anlernen neuer Mitarbeitender bzw. für neue oder geänderte Produktionsprozesse zunehmend relevanter. Konventionelle Anlernmethoden, bspw. durch Demonstration oder...

This paper estimates the role of country-variety comparative advantage in the decision to offshore assembly of more than 2000 models of 197 car brands headquartered in 23 countries. While offshoring in the car industry has risen from 2000 to 2016, the top five offshoring brands account for half...

Purpose This paper aims to illustrate the growing role of robots in the electronics industries. Design/methodology/approach Following a short introduction, this paper discusses robotic applications and products in three sectors of the electronics industry: semiconductor processing, printed...

Durch die Verfügbarkeit und Leistungsfähigkeit neuartiger Hardware sind zunehmend die Voraussetzungen gegeben, Technologien der erweiterten Realität (Augmented Reality) in der Montage, bzw. dem Zusammenbau von Produkten einzusetzen. Dabei handelt es sich beispielsweise um in das Sichtfeld...

This paper estimates the role of country-variety comparative advantage in the decision to offshore assembly of more than 2000 models of 197 car brands headquartered in 23 countries. While offshoring in the car industry has risen from 2000 to 2016, the top five offshoring brands account for half...

Introduction -- Design and operation of assembly lines -- Literature review on assembly line balancing under uncertainty -- Balancing under full sequencing control -- Balancing under no sequencing control -- Controlling production sequences using buffers -- Conclusion.