Producing companies are facing a turbulent environment and, therefore, the reorganization of a factory becomes a continuous task. In this paper, the first part of a model-based support for the planning of a factory's organizational structure is shown. A description model consistent of different...

In the context of the Rio Earth Summit numerous international regimes, national policies and organizational guidelines have appeared that help translate the normative demands of sustainable development into political reality. The implementation of these instruments, however, often runs into...