Stuttgart Region—Sustainable Industrialization in Stuttgart Metropolitan Region

Abstract

The Stuttgart region is a very prosperous area. The economical backbone of the region is the production of industrial goods. The globalization is a trigger for changing economical dependencies. Industrial processes are changing because of the new challenges. Digitalization is a current topic which has huge influence on economical procedures. A main topic in this context is the German initiative “Industry 4.0”. New ways of thinking have a great impact on the way manufacturing is done and the digitalization opens up new possibilities. Current discussions on sustainability are influencing the economic thinking heavily. The importance of sustainable development with respect to environment and climate becomes more and more obvious to everybody. The climate conference in Paris was finished with a consensus of all present parties. Every important economic nation has a common sense on climate targets nowadays. Reasons for that are manifold, e.g. limited resources and huge amount of emissions. Nevertheless, society will only accept limitations, without a reduction of living quality. Based on that, it is necessary to implement a new procedures in existing structures. Additionally, it is required to implement changes without reducing economic potentials. The approach of symbiosis can support these developments. However, technology is a required extension to reach the target of sustainability. In this chapter, different views are discussed to facilitate long-term development. The first view is a holistic view. The idea of creating a symbiosis between enterprises in an industrial estate is easy to realize. On one hand the enterprise manager are able to shape the collaborations, and on the other hand the local administration is able to support the approach with small efforts. Besides the sustainable development of industrial estates the companies need a strategy for their own development. A development path towards urban manufacturing is helping the management of companies to create a strategy. A concrete step-by-step approach is the base. Additional technological drivers are analyzed in their capability of supporting sustainability.

Glossary

Area

As an area, areas are described within the concept study, which are characterized by decentralized control. The reasons for this are the absence of an operating company or distributed ownership (each company owns the property with real estate). Each stakeholder in the system therefore has little or no dependency on others

Module

Modules are composed of several components. The complexity and the range of functions are still very limited. The integration of external competencies in the manufacturing process is low. Individualization is still limited, since assemblies are also components of systems

Component/part

A component is a product produced by processing from a raw material/ raw material. The complexity and the range of functions are limited. These products are usually required in larger quantities because they function as components of assemblies or systems

Bottom-Up

Bottom-up approaches are given by the executive level. The impulse comes due to needs, needs or experiences that can be interesting from the perspective of the appropriate level for all. Usually, different impulses are agglomerated across the planes in the bottom-up approach in order to achieve a central image

Brownfield

In the field of urban and land development, partial living areas are free from the current use through the life cycle. In the field of Brownfield development, the aim is to reuse these freed areas and properties. Since there are inventory areas, the prevailing framework conditions must also be taken into account or even be adapted. However, the flexibility is usually very small

Congruence

English agreement or congruence—in the context of consistency, it is intended to serve as a representation of reality. It is intended to help shape certain contexts more structurally and also serve as a model through abstraction. It is especially used in management to describe complex processes and relationships in a simplified manner

Greenfield

If new areas are indicated in urban and land development that is, also redefined in terms of their use one speaks of green-field development. The advantages of the Greenfield development are the high flexibility in design and usability

Industries

The term is used in the study for companies and organizations that have a clear reference to production. Furthermore, the facilities are also companies of industrial production

Input

The input can be any input variable or parameter. For the execution of processes, these are initial values that are necessary

Organizations

In the case of organizations, the allocation is not clearly possible or there are suitable companies and facilities which are less suitable for industrial production

Output

The output can be any result or part of the result. It is the result of a process

Park

Within the framework of the concept study, a construct with centralized control and partly also ownership conditions is described with Park. This means that there is an owner or operator who manages the units in the settlement, provides guidelines and, if necessary, offers additional services and services. The operator may be either a private-law organization or a local authority

Rural

Rural are rural areas, which are relatively remote from main and secondary centers. These areas are characterized by little flexible infrastructure connection. The size of people settlements is limited, which can correlate with the challenges faced by specialists and appropriate competencies in the immediate environment

Suburban

Suburban are areas around of centers. Usually the cconnection and infrastructure are well developed and the access to suitable specialists and competences is moderate to good. The proximity to larger population settlements is moderate, so the conflict probability is lower than in the urban but higher than in the rural areas

System

A system is a complex product that combines many different competences and disciplines. These products are customized on the basis of customer requirements and often lead to the integration of external and internal competencies throughout the entire production process. Also the support processes are characterized by the high complexity

System dynamic

The system dynamics is a relatively young science, which in the 1950er years for the first time by J.W. Forrester [Forrester 1971] was used. The focus is on the viewing element, which is, however, viewed as a system with many dependencies and interactions with other system components. System dynamics is currently a recognized process for modeling complex contexts and simulations

Throughput

The sum of the transformation processes can be seen as a throughput in the context of the study. An output is generated from input by transformation. In the study, the throughput is considered a white box. The transparency is preserved, but no more detailed consideration of the transformation processes takes place. However, the White Box offers the possibility to look more in detail and thus to analyze individual aspects

Top-Down

Usually as a way of providing information from the lead to the leading organs. Visions and objectives are often formulated in this way and are then implemented further into the implementation via downstream levels. In the concept study, this is understood as a path from the holistic idea to the concrete implementation

Urban

The term urban is referred to in the study on main and secondary centers and specifies areas that belong to the urban area or are directly connected. These areas are characterized by their proximity to large human settlements and residential areas. The available infrastructure and connection is excellent