MATURITY AND EXPERIENCE MANAGEMENT FOR RAMP-UP OF AUTOMATED MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS

AbstractThe automotive industry is facing new challenges from increasing product diversification, decreasing product life cycle times and the permanent need of cost reduction. The increasing complexity of products and the reduction of costs per unit determine complex manufacturing systems with high levels of automation. The product ramp-up has a crucial role for the financial success in the automotive industry. The performance of a ramp-up depends on the maturity of product and manufacturing system. The reuse of knowledge of experience is an extraordinary driver for the maturity of both product and manufacturing system.A new approach combines the Delphi-method with experience management software based on semantic web technology. The combined solution enables to reuse experience for the development of highly automated manufacturing systems and to minimise ramp-up risks.