To make manufacturing technology productive, manufacturers rely on a production planning and control (PPC) framework that plans ahead and monitors ongoing transformation processes. The design of an appropriate framework has far-reaching implications for the manufacturing organization as a whole. Yet, to date, there has been no unified guidance on key PPC design issues. This is strongly needed, as it has been argued that novel information processing technologies – as part of Industry 4.0 – result in PPC frameworks with decentral structures. This conflicts with traditional works arguing for hierarchical or central structures. Therefore, we review the PPC design literature to create a comprehensive overview and summarize design proposals. Based on our review, we come to the intermediate conclusion that PPC frameworks continue to have a hierarchical structure, although decision-making is shifted more to decentral levels compared to traditional hierarchies. Our analysis suggests that the effect of a decentralization shift has potentially strong and poorly understood implications, both from a decision-making and organizational perspective.

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智能制造中的生产计划与控制设计


为了提高制造技术的生产力，制造商依靠生产计划和控制 (PPC) 框架来提前计划并监控正在进行的转型过程。适当框架的设计对整个制造组织具有深远的影响。然而，迄今为止，对于关键的 PPC 设计问题还没有统一的指导。这是非常必要的，因为有人认为，作为工业 4.0 一部分的新型信息处理技术会产生具有分散结构的 PPC 框架。这与主张等级或中央结构的传统作品相冲突。因此，我们回顾了 PPC 设计文献，以创建全面的概述并总结设计方案。根据我们的审查，我们得出的中间结论是，PPC 框架仍然具有层次结构，尽管与传统层次结构相比，决策更多地转移到分散的级别。我们的分析表明，无论是从决策还是组织的角度来看，权力下放转变的影响都具有潜在的强烈且鲜为人知的影响。