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Self-Similarity and Criticality in Dispersed Manufacturing: A Contribution to Production Networks Control

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Dispersed Manufacturing Networks

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Networked organisations, like those in Distributed Manufacturing, are structures that fundamentally differ from hierarchical organisations, as they emphasise speed, re-linking and reconfiguration. For the control of these networks, alternative procedures, derived from a newly introduced criticality framework, are outlined. For quick and effective realignment of units and the reallocations of resources, the self-similarity principle proves to be useful for the description, control and evolution of manufacturing networks. Moreover, pilot implementations of these elements, as described, allow expectations of efficient practical solutions. At the task level, it has already been possible to cast highly adaptable control set-ups, based on the same philosophy, into an industry pre-standard. This chapter extends these solutions to the more sophisticated network control on the enterprise units’ level and is intended to contribute to the development of a new generation of ERP systems, covering also Dispersed Manufacturing.

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Kühnle, H. (2009). Self-Similarity and Criticality in Dispersed Manufacturing: A Contribution to Production Networks Control. In: Dekkers, R. (eds) Dispersed Manufacturing Networks. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-468-3_4

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