Inter-company production networks can improve the resource efficiency of production processes. This book shows the results of the research project „Integrated Process Design for the Inter-Company Plant Layout Planning of Dynamic Mass Flow Networks“ (PepOn). A systematic approach for process...

Integrated technique assessment aims at a holistic approach to process design and operations planning, since changes in materials and operating states influence the whole supply chain. The combination of methods of process integration, engineering and Operations Research (OR) allows the...

Die Planung umweltfreundlicher Produkte und Produktionsprozesse stellt eine Herausforderung für die industrielle Produktion dar. Eine wichtige ökonomische Fragestellung besteht dabei in der Bestimmung der optimalen Emissionsminderungsstrategie, um die geforderten Emissionsminderungen mit...

Many countries introduced subsidy schemes that were successful in incentivising investments into residential solar PV. The resulting growth of the global PV market was accompanied by cost reductions for PV systems, reductions of PV subsidies and, often, increasing electricity retail prices....