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Available online at www.sciencedirect.com Procedia CIRP 00 (2014) 000000 9th CIRP Conference on Intelligent Computation in Manufacturing Engineering Planning and controlling of multiple, parallel engineering changes in manufacturing systems D. Cichos a *, J.C. Aurich a a FBK - Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Production Systems, University of Kaiserslautern * Corresponding author. Tel.: +49.631.205.3224; fax: +49.631.205.3304; E-mail address: [email protected] Abstract Due to changing customer demands and increasing competition, manufacturing companies have to adapt existing factories to these developments with a multitude of engineering changes in manufacturing systems. The coordination of several engineering changes in manufacturing systems is a key factor for the efficiency of the planning and execution. With an optimal planning, duplication of work is avoided and synergy effects are achieved in parallel projects. In this paper, the development of a method for planning and controlling multiple, parallel engineering changes in manufacturing systems is introduced. The method provides information on the interdependence of engineering changes and their impact on the execution. © 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier BV. Selection and/or peer-review under responsibility of Professor Roberto Teti. Keywords: Planning; Control; Parallel; Manufacturing; Methodology; Productivity 1. Introduction Customer demands are changing and the competition is increasing for manufacturing companies. Due to these developments, manufacturing companies need to perform engineering changes in manufacturing systems to adapt their manufacturing program and enhance the products, while reducing manufacturing costs [1]. Engineering changes are defined by Rößing through the reconfiguration of resources, supplementation, replacement, or removal of equipment or changes in the network of resources [2]. The coordination of several engineering changes in manufacturing systems is an important factor for the efficiency of the implementation due to the associated costs and the high time exposure [3], [4], [5]. A lack of transparency of dependencies between engineering change leads to an inefficient implementation [3], which essentially has two development sequences which are shown in Figure 1. On the one hand, either the quality of the planning and controlling of engineering changes decrease what requires re-planning or results in an ineffective implementation. On the other hand, less engineering changes are planned and implemented, what results in a rising stock of necessary engineering changes. Both developments mean that necessary engineering changes are not, or not efficiently implemented, which results in a decreasing productivity. This in turn requires measures to increase productivity, which must be planned and implemented in the form of new engineering changes. The stock of necessary engineering changes continues rising. Figure 1: Consequences of inefficient planning and controlling of engineering changes in manufacturing systems Time for planning engineering changes decrease Demand of engineering changes rise Productivity decrease Quality of analyze and planning decrease Re-planning and/or inefficient implementation Less implementation of engineering changes Stock of engineering changes rises

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    Procedia CIRP 00 (2014) 000000

    9th CIRP Conference on Intelligent Computation in Manufacturing Engineering

    Planning and controlling of multiple, parallel engineering changes in manufacturing systems

    D. Cichosa*, J.C. Auricha

    a FBK - Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Production Systems, University of Kaiserslautern

    * Corresponding author. Tel.: +49.631.205.3224; fax: +49.631.205.3304; E-mail address: [email protected]

    Abstract

    Due to changing customer demands and increasing competition, manufacturing companies have to adapt existing factories to these

    developments with a multitude of engineering changes in manufacturing systems. The coordination of several engineering changes

    in manufacturing systems is a key factor for the efficiency of the planning and execution. With an optimal planning, duplication of

    work is avoided and synergy effects are achieved in parallel projects. In this paper, the development of a method for planning and

    controlling multiple, parallel engineering changes in manufacturing systems is introduced. The method provides information on the

    interdependence of engineering changes and their impact on the execution.

    2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier BV. Selection and/or peer-review under responsibility of Professor Roberto Teti.

    Keywords: Planning; Control; Parallel; Manufacturing; Methodology; Productivity

    1. Introduction

    Customer demands are changing and the competition

    is increasing for manufacturing companies. Due to these

    developments, manufacturing companies need to perform

    engineering changes in manufacturing systems to adapt

    their manufacturing program and enhance the products,

    while reducing manufacturing costs [1]. Engineering

    changes are defined by Ring through the

    reconfiguration of resources, supplementation,

    replacement, or removal of equipment or changes in the

    network of resources [2]. The coordination of several

    engineering changes in manufacturing systems is an

    important factor for the efficiency of the implementation

    due to the associated costs and the high time exposure [3],

    [4], [5]. A lack of transparency of dependencies between

    engineering change leads to an inefficient implementation

    [3], which essentially has two development sequences

    which are shown in Figure 1. On the one hand, either the

    quality of the planning and controlling of engineering

    changes decrease what requires re-planning or results in

    an ineffective implementation. On the other hand, less

    engineering changes are planned and implemented, what

    results in a rising stock of necessary engineering changes.

    Both developments mean that necessary engineering

    changes are not, or not efficiently implemented, which

    results in a decreasing productivity. This in turn requires

    measures to increase productivity, which must be planned

    and implemented in the form of new engineering changes.

    The stock of necessary engineering changes continues

    rising.

    Figure 1: Consequences of inefficient planning and controlling of

    engineering changes in manufacturing systems

    Time for planning engineering changes

    decrease

    Demand of engineering

    changes rise

    Productivity decrease

    Quality of analyze and planning decrease

    Re-planning and/orinefficient

    implementation

    Less implementation of engineering changes

    Stock of engineering changes rises

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    Complications of engineering changes in

    manufacturing lead to high costs, because planning

    processes have to be repeated and deadlines need to be

    moved [6], [6]. An essential part of the costs and time

    exposure are unwanted and unplanned breakdowns of

    manufacturing, which are caused by discrepancies of the

    engineering changes [8], [9]. Especially, downtime in

    manufacturing have to be avoided, because they often

    cause missed significant deadlines. Engineering changes

    should be implemented as soon as possible with minimal

    financial resources [10].

    2. State of the Art for planning and controlling

    engineering changes in manufacturing systems

    Following, approaches are being investigated, which

    contribute to a solution to the above described challenge.

    Therefore approaches for engineering changes, multi-

    project management and factory planning are considered.

    For single engineering changes with low capital

    expenditure the continuous improvement process (CIP),

    process optimization and reengineering are primarily

    used [11]. A standardized procedure especially for

    engineering changes in manufacturing systems has been

    developed by Ring. The method includes initializing,

    execution and post-processing for engineering changes in

    manufacturing systems [2]. Especially, the effects of

    engineering changes on the material flows are considered.

    For this purpose, the task schedule of the relevant

    manufacturing elements are used and compared with the

    material flows. Ring provides with his method the

    opportunity to evaluate similarities of engineering

    changes on the basis of potential impact based on the

    material flows. However, particularly needed resources or

    time horizons are not considered in the similarity analysis.

    The relationships between engineering changes and

    their impacts on the manufacturing system were

    investigated as effect mechanisms by Malak [12]. This

    effect mechanisms have been described as rules and a

    system has been developed that analyzes the effects of

    engineering changes. Based on the engineering changes,

    the impact on the layout, process chains, completeness

    and conflict relationships are analyzed to other resources

    [14]. However, there is no prioritization, time scheduling

    or control of multiple, parallel engineering changes.

    For planning and controlling of multiple, parallel

    projects, the multi-project management is used [4], [13].

    The multi-project management considers the projects of a

    company in the overall context [15]. Kunz states that

    strategic projects can be planned economic sense,

    evaluated and controlled [4]. In addition, the multi-project

    management and program management can be

    distinguished [16], [4]. The program management only

    summarizes projects on the basis of similarities in

    programs [16]. However, the impact on the

    manufacturing system and the risk of downtimes in

    manufacturing are not considered, whether in multi-

    project management nor in program management.

    Existing factory planning approaches are designed for

    the planning of entire factories. The planning of several,

    parallel engineering changes is partially implemented by

    these approaches. But the majority of engineering

    changes concern minor changes compared to factory

    planning, which are carried out within individual division

    or areas. Therefor factory planning is not suitable as a

    method for planning and controlling of engineering

    changes. In addition, the factory planning process is too

    static to ensure a continuous planning and controlling of

    engineering changes. Several parallel engineering

    changes in manufacturing systems that are planned and

    implemented at one level with low investment and a small

    group of people can be planned and controlled either by

    the existing approaches for factory planning or with the

    methods of multi-project management.

    To sum up, a concept for the planning and controlling

    of multiple parallel engineering changes in manufacturing

    systems that simultaneously considers the impact on the

    current manufacturing system, the resources and the

    corresponding planning intervals, does not currently

    exist. Nevertheless, the existing approaches offer a

    suitable basis for the development of a method for

    planning and controlling multiple engineering changes.

    3. Objectives

    The overall objective of this paper is to present an

    approach for planning and controlling of multiple, parallel

    engineering changes in manufacturing systems. With the

    approach it is possible to combine several engineering

    changes and save time and money thereby through

    synergy effects, how it is shown in Figure 2. Therefore,

    the resources, which are required for the planning and

    implementation of engineering changes, need to be

    examined as well as their interdependencies has to be

    analyzed. The interactions between engineering changes

    have to be identified, which should be considered during

    their planning and controlling. Impacts of engineering

    changes on the current manufacturing system must be

    investigated and analyzed. Furthermore, the impact of

    several engineering changes compared to single occurring

    engineering changes has to be figured out.

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    Figure 2: Objectives of the method for planning and controlling

    engineering changes in manufacturing systems

    4. Approach for planning and controlling

    engineering changes in manufacturing systems

    The approach includes three main phases, which are

    shown in figure 3. In the first phase, the analysis of the

    interactions of multiple, parallel concurrent engineering

    changes in manufacturing systems are examined on the

    basis of generated representative manufacturing

    scenarios. In the second phase, the method or planning

    and managing engineering changes in manufacturing

    systems will be developed. The third phase involves the

    implementation and the validation of the developed

    concept.

    Figure 3: Structure for development of the method

    4.1. Analysis

    4.1.1. Generation of manufacturing scenarios

    First, representative manufacturing scenarios have to

    be created, which are the basis for the investigations.

    Layouts, resources, transportation, handling and storage

    spaces are modelled in a 2D-Layout. In addition, work

    plans for manufacturing products are created and the flow

    relationships of material and information flow are shown

    based on transportation matrixes. In tables, information

    are recorded, which are relevant for engineering changes.

    For example, information regarding capacity or technical

    requirements. In addition, it has to be defined which

    employees are required in the scenarios. It also has to be

    defined which activities they can perform in the company

    with the help of qualification matrixes.

    Based on these manufacturing scenarios engineering

    changes are defined. An engineering change includes the

    addition, replacement or removal of complete machines

    or components of machines such as tool or work piece

    system, tools, gadgets, transport systems or control

    elements. In addition, engineering changes include the

    addition, replacement or removal of work, storage or

    inspection stations. By moving of machinery, work,

    storage and testing stations or switching machining

    sequence the relationship network is changed in

    manufacturing systems. For any engineering change it has

    to be specified which goals are pursued and what are the

    causes of the engineering change. This also states whether

    it is a mandatory or optional change. Moreover, the

    timeframe is given in which engineering change must be

    implemented.

    4.1.2. Analysis of the interactions

    Based on the manufacturing scenarios and defined

    engineering changes the interactions of multiple, parallel

    engineering changes have to be analyzed. For this

    purpose, the work steps for each engineering change have

    to be planned. Subsequently, several engineering changes

    are summarized and the joint implementation is planned.

    The implementation of single engineering changes is

    compared to the common implementation of several

    engineering changes. The differences are figured out, in

    order to identify the dependencies and interactions

    between engineering changes.

    For the planning of individual engineering changes the

    implementation cost and how long the manufacturing

    would have to be interrupted will be determined.

    Therefore, the necessary steps are identified for the

    implementation of an engineering change. The

    description of these steps involves firstly the required

    resources and their use within hours of operations.

    Secondly, the description includes information on the

    duration of interruptions in manufacturing. The costs of

    the respective operations are determined with the hourly

    rates which are stored in the database. The work steps are

    stored with the associated resources in tables.

    Implementation of engineering changes consists of

    several steps that are placed and terminated in a useful

    order.

    Afterwards, the implementation effort for several

    combined engineering changes is determined. For this

    purpose, first a number of engineering changes are

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    summarized and their joint implementation is planned.

    The steps are taken out of the planning of the individual

    engineering changes. Considering the available resources,

    an implementation plan is generated. Based on the

    implementation plan, the cost, the duration of the

    manufacturing interruption and implementation are

    determined.

    To study the interaction of engineering changes in the

    manufacturing system, the implementation plans are

    compared. Alternatives in which several engineering

    changes will be implemented jointly has to be compared

    to alternatives in which the corresponding engineering

    changes are implemented sequentially. The comparison

    of these alternatives shows which combinations are more

    effective. Following, it has to be investigated which

    factors support a joint implementation and which factors

    have a negative impact. Factors are, for example, shared

    resources or manufacturing interruptions.

    The investigations show, that the work steps of the

    single changes can be divided into three categories, which

    are shown in Figure 4. In the first category contains the

    work steps that can be executed in parallel to other work

    steps, such as the installation and removal of the

    machines. Here, however, it must be ensured that

    sufficient resources for the parallel implementation of the

    work steps are available. The second category includes

    the steps which cannot be executed in parallel to other

    work steps on the basis of mutual disability, such as the

    transport of the machines. The third category includes the

    steps which can be combined into a single step and can be

    execute together. For example, the process changes,

    which must be planned and adjusted in the manufacturing

    planning system for several engineering changes, can be

    carried out in one step. This subdivision of the work steps

    into these various categories is necessary for planning

    several engineering changes. The work steps will be

    organized in a task schedule on the basis of these

    categories for a combined implementation of several

    engineering changes.

    Figure 4: Categorization of work steps of engineering changes

    4.2. Conception of planning and controlling of

    engineering changes

    For the planning and controlling of engineering

    changes three main steps have to be conducted, which are

    shown in Figure 5. First, a pre-selection and grouping of

    the engineering changes are performed. This is followed

    by the planning of the engineering changes. The final step

    is to control the engineering changes during the

    implementation.

    Figure 5: Main steps for planning and controlling of engineering

    changes

    4.2.1. pre-selection

    The first step is to filter and group the planned

    engineering changes in the pre-selection. In order to

    perform this pre-selection, the influencing factors of

    engineering changes have to be identified that enable a

    strategic division of engineering changes. For a

    pre-selection, prioritization is required based on the

    relevance and urgency of the engineering changes.

    Therefore, criteria are identified for rating the relevance

    and urgency of engineering changes. Based on these

    criteria, the method for pre-selection of engineering

    changes is performed.

    According Kunz [4] the pre-selection is divided into

    three phases, which are shown in Figure 6. In the first

    phase it has to be decided which projects should be

    implemented. In the second phase projects are analyzed

    and evaluated regarding their content and strategic

    dependencies. Engineering changes are optimally divided

    to avoid duplication and to achieve economies of scope in

    multiple, parallel changes. The dependencies can be

    evaluated and visualized using matrices, charts or

    modified benefit analyzes qualitatively or quantitatively

    [3], [13], [17], [18]. The resource constraints are

    considered in the third phase within the resource

    interdependence analysis. Here possible processing

    sequences and the available resources taking into account

    and are excluded or included due to insufficient resources

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    [4]. Based on the results of the pre-selection, the

    engineering changes are grouped due to the impact on

    resources and economies of scope. These groups are

    going to be implemented jointly.

    Figure 6: Pre-selection

    4.2.2. Planning

    It is the aim of the planning to implement as many

    engineering changes as possible in the shortest possible

    time. In order to achieve this, some principles of

    manufacturing planning, such as scheduling and capacity

    planning, can be used. For the planning of engineering

    changes, the conditions under which engineering changes

    have to be implemented one after another and those under

    which they can be parallel implemented, must be

    examined. In other words, criteria supporting or hindering

    a parallel implementation shall be identified. The criteria

    including the respective instructions for each of them and

    all relevant pieces of information shall be saved in a

    database.

    When drawing up an implementation plan, all

    instructions regarding the manufacturing and engineering

    change data are retrieved from the database. Then, the

    instructions are organized with regard to the availability

    and the demand for the required resources according to

    the stored criteria for the implementation of engineering

    changes.

    In order to react on eventually occurring events

    influencing the implementation, a dynamic time schedule

    is necessary. Therefore, milestones shall be defined

    subdividing the schedule into so-called implementation

    step. Some work steps require the prior completion of

    other work steps. Within one implementation step, all

    work steps which must be completed in order to reach a

    milestone and before proceeding to the next

    implementation step are listed without any specific order.

    This listing of work steps within one implementation step

    is very similar to a check list. All work steps within one

    implementation step can be parallel implemented.

    The division of the work steps into the respective

    implementation steps is done by first grouping them into

    parallel, non-parallel and combinable work steps. It is

    impossible to have several non-parallel work steps in the

    same implementation step, because work steps within one

    implementation step must be able to be parallel

    implemented. Nevertheless, it may be possible to

    combine non-parallel with parallel work steps.

    4.2.3. Controlling

    For the controlling of engineering changes,

    modifications leading to the necessity of a controlling

    intervention must be identified. Three types of

    modifications can occur, which require an intervention.

    First, a modification in prioritization criteria can affect the

    pre-selection. If these criteria shift, a new pre-selection is

    required. Second, technical modifications, such as

    modifications in the required time, the components used

    or the positioning, can vary and lead to a new grouping of

    engineering changes. The third type of modification is an

    unplanned modification of capacities, such as a loss of

    resources required for the completion of engineering

    changes or illness of personnel. This modification leads

    to new planning requirements. On the basis of an event-

    driven process chain (EPC), rules are defined which

    perform specified actions in case of the occurring of any

    of these three types of modifications. These actions lead

    to a reinitiating of the previous steps by modify the

    prioritization criteria, the features of the engineering

    changes or the available capacities.

    Figure 7: Event-driven process chain for controlling engineering

    changes

    4.3. Implementation

    The elaborated methods finally have to be

    implemented into a software demonstrator comprising a

    database as well as modules for pre-selection, planning

    and controlling.

    4.3.1. Database

    As a first step, a database, that includes all data of the

    manufacturing system and all engineering changes with

    their relevant pieces of information, is set up. A database

    structure is defined for the saving of all relevant data. The

    database is divided into two sections: one contains

    manufacturing-relevant information, the other contains

    information regarding the engineering changes. Forms

    make it easier to indicate engineering changes.

    4.3.2. Modules

    The implementation of the modules for pre-selection,

    planning and controlling is proceeded on the basis of

    information contained in the database.

    1. Evaluation of each project

    2. Content-strategic prioritization

    3. Resource interdependence

    analysis

    Selection of engineering changes

    to be implemented

    Strategic classification of

    engineering changes

    Grouping of engineering changes

    Event Criterion Action

    re-initiation priority property capacity

    deviation

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    For an automated pre-selection of engineering

    changes, the identified criteria are regarded. In

    accordance with the method, a prioritization is made

    using these criteria. A database request on the basis of the

    prioritization of engineering changes is integrated into the

    software demonstrator. It allows the prioritization of the

    engineering changes stored in the database by means of

    the defined criteria and the pre-selection. In order to

    realize an automated planning of engineering changes, the

    selection and grouping of the instructions are also

    implemented into the software demonstrator. The

    implementation of the method to control engineering

    changes in manufacturing processes is based on the

    developed EPCs, realized in the control module.

    5. Summary

    The advantages of a joint planning and implementation

    of several engineering changes are, on the one hand, the

    time advantage due to parallelization. On the other hand,

    cost advantages arise because work steps are coordinated

    and double work is avoided. Therefore, an approach for

    planning and controlling of multiple, parallel engineering

    changes in manufacturing systems has been presented in

    this paper. The approach includes three main phases: the

    analysis, the concept development and the

    implementation. The more complex planning and

    controlling of multiple engineering changes can be

    handled by this method for the planning and controlling

    engineering changes which can be developed with this

    approach.

    6. Outlook

    In future research works, the presented approach for

    planning and controlling engineering changes in

    manufacturing systems has to be specified and validated

    by the manufacturing scenarios. For validation,

    manufacturing scenarios and predefined engineering

    changes has to be captured and the method for planning

    and controlling of engineering changes be performed in

    the software demonstrator.

    7. Acknowledgement

    The research described in this paper results from a

    project funded by the German Research Foundation

    (DFG) Planning and Controlling of engineering changes

    in manufacturing systems (fund number AU 185/35-1).

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