Start-up management
The start-up management (as a foreign word: Ramp-up Management), which includes coordination of all start-up activities in the period between creating the first physical prototypes to customers capable of producing products (SOP: Start of Production , Job No. 1 ) with focus on the logistical requirements the series production .
The time segment is called the start-up phase . From the point of view of the product life cycle, it is the transition phase from the development of a product to its production. As a rule, the phase duration is defined from the completed product development to the achievement of the planned daily production quantity. The characteristic of the start-up phase compared to the stable production phase is often a lower product quality, a lower daily production volume and an increased need for manpower and material for the production process.
The aim of ramp-up management is to ensure the timely availability of all components for the series start-up of a product , to shorten the series start-up ( time-to-market ), to make the situation of the dates and the degree of maturity of the product more transparent and to reduce start-up costs to a minimum .
The individual development or project phases are often determined using a start-up curve . The start-up curve shows the relationship between the production volume on the vertical y-axis and the time on the horizontal x-axis.
After the understanding of start-up management was initially mainly shaped by questions from the automotive industry, the consideration is increasingly extending to other industries as well as to relationships that arise from the interaction of several companies.
Content
Using the example of the automotive industry , the content of ramp-up management can be well outlined:
- Start-up strategy
- Start-up organization
- Change management
- Cost management
- Production management
- Supplier management
- Logistics management
General procedure
- Product development (framework and specifications)
- Production preparation
- Introduction of change management
- Commissioning of the production facilities
- Production of the pilot series and pilot series
Design criteria
There are a number of design criteria within the start-up management that influence and change the start-up curve :
- Product maturity
- Availability of the systems
- Plant capacity
- Status of the contracts
- Complexity of the product
- Qualification level of employees
- Etc.
Potential
Closer interlinking of development with purchasing, production, assembly and so on at the plants , suppliers and others in the product development process leads to a steeper and more even start-up curve that connects the individual phases with one another in a more stable manner . This ensures a very good quality of the products from the start of series production. This leads to a reduction in product recalls and costs .
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literature
- S. v. Wangenheim: Planning and control of the series start-up of complex products - illustrated using the example of the automotive industry . Dissertation. Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main 1998.
- J. Risse: Time-to-Market Management in the Automotive Industry - A Framework for Logistics-Oriented Start-Up Management . Dissertation. University thesis, Berlin 2002.
- T. Laick: Run- up management - Safe production run-up through target-oriented design and control of the production process system . Dissertation. FBK Production Technical Reports, Kaiserslautern 2003.
- D. Fitzek: Start-up management in networks - basics, success factors and design recommendations for the automotive industry . Haupt, Bern 2006.
- C. Stich: Production planning in the automotive industry - optimization of the use of resources in series production . Dissertation. Kölner Wissenschaftsverlag, Cologne 2007.
- G. Schuh, W. Stölzle, F. Straube: Successfully Implementing Start-Up Management in the Automotive Industry - A Guide for Practice . Springer, Berlin 2008.
- M. Homuth: Cross- company control of the start of series production in production networks . Shaker, Aachen 2008.