Integrated Data Management in Factory Planning and Factory Operation. An Information Model and its Implementation

Fast and smooth ramp-up of production and adaption of production capacity to the contemporary market induce new demands on the interaction of the two phases factory planning and factory operation as well as on their integrated IT-supported combination. This paper focuses on the IT requirements which result from the integration of factory planning and operation. Based on functional and on tool-oriented requirements, an information model is deduced which is qualified for the planning and for the operation of a factory. The elaborated information model represents the logical basis for an object-oriented data management as realised at the Universitat Stuttgart within a research project in partnership with a medium-sized enterprise.