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Many manufacturing enterprises are introducing various forms of flexible work organizations on the shop floor. However, existing computer-based production planning and control systems pose serious obstacles for self-governing groups and other kinds of shop floor control to become reality. In order to understand and overcome these obstacles we have undertaken a series of six field studies in manufacturing companies. Based on our findings from these studies — and inspired by the research field of Computer Supported Cooperative Work — we present a first set of requirements and principles for IT-based systems for self-governing production groups. The intention is to support responsible workers in their situated planning, control and coordination of shop floor activities.
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Carstensen, P.H., Schmidt, K. (2002). Self-Governing Production Groups: Towards Requirements for IT Support. In: Mařík, V., Camarinha-Matos, L.M., Afsarmanesh, H. (eds) Knowledge and Technology Integration in Production and Services. BASYS 2002. IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing, vol 101. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35613-6_6
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