Complexity-focused Planning and Operating of Mixed-model Assembly Lines in Automotive Manufacturing

To address this situation, an approach is presented that focuses on assembly operations of the product components and the complexity's impact on those operations. To do so, an analysis is given that differentiates work operations regarding their possibility to handle complexity process-related. Based on this analysis principles are presented to manage complexity, in particular for flow mixed-model assembly lines. The principles focus on the modification of assembly configurations and consider both planning and operating methods supported by information systems.