Making Sustainability Paradigms a Part of PPC

Abstract

The mounting pressure of the European legislative to improve the sustainability of production operations prompts companies to implement sustainability paradigms into their production planning and control (PPC). First results from an ongoing European project will show how the innovative Resource Networks Methodology can be used to alter the production organisation accordingly. In particular, novel PPC strategies improving the integration of renewable energy sources and other resource efficient technologies by using previously identified levels of flexibility will be presented. These are complemented by an approach for unifying the readiness levels for application (RLA) of similar methodologies. The latter will assist decision making during the development phase and in preparation for industrial implementations.