Thanks, Christian for this long and insightful post. Was a pleasure to read! I agree that in future factories there will be a high amount of work available for skilled and experienced human workers. I don't think the dark factory will be the norm any...

Thanks for the brief overview to SAP MES. For me, one of the most interesting things is the ability to not only control operations but also integrate opertors directly into the process by providing employees with intuitive role-based touch screen int...

Production leveling or smoothing allows production to closely follow customer demand. Within the Toyota production system the Japanese term Heijunka describes several techniques to achieve this target. Through leveling of volume and model-mix manufac...