One of the challenges in manufacturing companies nowadays is to enableappropriate IT support of production planning and execution. Integrated solutionsneed to cover company‐wide and even cross‐company business processes (fromorder receipt to product distribution) and at the same time live up...

Zwischen Lean und MES bestehen Synergiepotentiale und Widersprüche. Thorsten Gerberich entwickelt und testet ein Vorgehensmodell, das in den Unternehmen der Automobilzulieferindustrie angewendet werden kann. „Too often there is confusion that lean and IT do not mix well and pure pull cannot...