Implementing Changeability in a System with Prioritization Indicators

Many industry sectors are exposed to unpredictable factors called turbulences. To counteract to those circumstances there is a need to bring changeability in a production system. But today the right quantity of changeability is difficult to determine. Therefore, Prioritization Indicators are generated, which are intended to define the acting-order to adapt subsystems and to improve the entire system consequently. According to current research, a Prioritization Indicator includes the following three parameters: dependence of the subsystems, the effort to adapt a subsystem and the effectiveness. The approach of multi-criteria evaluation is the basis to combine the prioritization parameters and to build the new approach of Prioritization Indicators. This evaluation method will be illustrated in an example of the automotive manufacturing.