@article{(Open Science Index):https://publications.waset.org/pdf/17184,
	  title     = {Assessing and Improving Ramp-Up Capability },
	  author    = {Sebastian Tschöpe and  Konja Knüppel and  Peter Nyhuis},
	  country	= {},
	  institution	= {},
	  abstract     = {In times when product life cycles are decreasing, while market demands are increasing, manufacturing enterprises are confronted with the challenge of more frequent and more complex ramp-ups. Thus it becomes obvious that ramp-up management is going to be a topic enterprises have to focus on in the future. Since each ramp-up is unique concerning the product, the process, the technology, the circumstances and the coaction of these four factors, the knowledge of the ramp-up situation and the current ramp-up capability of the enterprise are fundamental requirements for the subsequent improvement of the ramp-up capability of the production system.

In this article a methodology is going to be presented which can be used to define typical production ramp-up situations, to identify the current ramp-up capability of a production system and to improve it with respect to a specific situation. Additionally there will be a description of the functionality of a software-tool developed based on this methodology.
},
	    journal   = {International Journal of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering},
	  volume    = {7},
	  number    = {10},
	  year      = {2013},
	  pages     = {2074 - 2077},
	  ee        = {https://publications.waset.org/pdf/17184},
	  url   	= {https://publications.waset.org/vol/82},
	  bibsource = {https://publications.waset.org/},
	  issn  	= {eISSN: 1307-6892},
	  publisher = {World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology},
	  index 	= {Open Science Index 82, 2013},
	}