Performance factory - A new approach of performance assessment for the factory of the future

Abstract

A novel performance measurement and assessment framework called Performance Factory (PerFact) developed to monitor the Factory of the Future is presented in this work. PerFact operates target-oriented towards the vision and mission of the company by connecting overall goals and major requirements with the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and their specific reference values. Within PerFact, the performance is measured on the manufactured products, the corresponding production processes, and the used resources. Furthermore, PerFact is able to monitor and assess the performance of both, real production and virtual production scenarios. Moreover, the measurement system is balanced; it assesses the performance of the factory considering all perspectives relevant for each specific case.