A hybrid approach of modular planning - Synchronizing factory and building planning by using component based synthesis

Abstract

The more and more rising complexity of the industrial environment is triggering companies in a way that is more challenging than ever before. Not only are factory planning projects difficult to handle because of the dynamics and complexity also the necessary planning of the accompanied building gets more and more difficult. To handle this complexity and reduce time and effort for planning as a major factor of success the mainly separately done planning aspects needs to be synchronized. This paper will show an approach of a hybrid factory-building planning method in order to be able to shorten planning time and effort. By using a constraint solving technique the necessary planning tasks are aligned partly automatically and will be processed as a useful planning workflow in form of a gantt diagram for the overall project management.