Measuring manufacturing system complexity: a literature review

Defining the Technical Availability of a Production System with Respect to Its Complexity

“…Alkan et al published a literature review in 2018 on the topic of complexity in production systems in which they summarize the different types of complexity [16]. The symptoms of complexity presented by Alkan et al were compared with ways to measure complexity and published in another literature review by Vidal et al in 2022 [17]. Filtering through a maintenance perspective, both cite system configuration and material flow patterns as important factors of complexity, with Vidal et al going further and identifying them as main causes.…”