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change drivers
definition:change drivers

Change drivers describe the capability of manufacturing systems to adjust into the ever-changing requirements for the development of new products and product variants with shorter product life cycles. The central change rivers dervice from market, products, technology, costs of capabilities and company.

change management platform
definition:change management platform

The Change Management Platform focuses on business processes regarding change management in a production system. It contains the change management component, the data collector and the data processor.

flexibility evaluation toolbox
definition:flexibility evaluation toolbox

The Flexibility Evaluation Toolbox is comprised of a set of flexibility evaluation methods that can be utilized for flexibility measurements.

flexibility indicators
definition:flexibility indicators

A flexibility indicator indicates the flexibility of a production level (multi-level structure) according to the chosen flexibility type calculated using the flexibility evaluation toolbox

flexibility platform
definition:flexibility evaluation platform

The Flexibility Platform is a “stand-alone” part of the Lifecycle Platform which focuses on the flexibility evaluation. It provides the monitoring and the calculation of the flexibility. It contains the flexibility evaluation toolbox, the data collector and the data processor.

multi-level structure
definition:multi-level structure

A multi-level structure describes the four levels of production sytems in context of the X-Change project. These levels include the resource level (shop flloor, workplace, machine), the job shop level (production line), the factory level and the network level

STREP
acronym of:Specific Targeted Research Project

STREPs are multipartner research, demonstration or innovation projects. Their purpose is to support research, technological development and demonstration or innovation activities of a more limited scope and ambition than IPs.

X-Change
abbreviation of:flexible change management for the factory of the future

X-Change is an abbreviation for flexible change management for the factory of the future. It is an STREP project funded by the european commision that provides flexibility calculation of systems under consideration and utilizes the results in a change management environment.

X-Change lifecycle platform
definition:X-Change lifecycle platform

The Lifecycle Platform provides the monitoring and the calculation of the flexibility as well as the integration of the results in a change management environment that supports product managers or experts in their decisions. It contains the flexibility platform and the change management platform.