Institute for Factory Systems and Logistics

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Institute for Factory Systems and Logistics
Institute for Factory Systems and Logistics
Institute for Factory Systems and Logistics
Management: Peter Nyhuis
Homepage: www.ifa.uni-hannover.de

The Institute for Factory Systems and Logistics (IFA) is one of seven institutes of the Hanover Production Technology Center at Leibniz University Hanover and part of the Scientific Society for Production Technology . Under the direction of Peter Nyhuis, all steps in the value chain of manufacturing companies are dealt with at IFA. These are housed in the three main areas of factory planning, production and work design and production management .

history

As early as 1877, a four-hour university lecture was held in Hanover that dealt with the "establishment and construction of workshops and factories". With increasing industrialization, this topic became more and more important. The chair for work machines and factories was established in 1954 by the then Technical University of Hanover. In 1966, the Factory Plant Institute was finally founded. The four areas of work were plant planning, plant operation, handling technology and plant technology. These areas still form an important basis for work at the institute today. Renamed in 2001 from the Institute for Factory Plants to the Institute for Factory Plants and Logistics , in 2003 the institute also included the field of ergonomics and thus completed its current research portfolio. In May 2004, the IFA and five other production engineering institutes (the sixth institute followed in 2013) of the Leibniz University Hannover formed the Production Engineering Center Hannover (PZH) and moved into the new premises in Garbsen .

Work areas

The IFA is divided into the three main areas of factory planning (FAP), production and work design (PAG) and production management (PM). This thematically covers the value chain of manufacturing companies, from small precision equipment to heavy mechanical engineering.

Factory planning (FAP)

The factory planning group supports companies of all sizes with the systematic reorganization and the planning of new, economical and adaptable factories. The aim is for them to be able to cope with both current and future requirements. With the help of standardized processes, customized factories are built that meet their specific requirements. The subject of research is therefore the factory with its elements and relationships, as well as the process for planning factories. The aim of the research is to be able to carry out factory planning processes with very good results in a creative and reproducible manner on the basis of defined process steps.

Production and work design (PAG)

The research subject of the PAG group is the work system with its inherent processes as well as socio-technical elements and their interaction in the production network. This includes in particular work organization , workplace and assembly structure design and competence and personnel development. The aim of the research is to derive design rules for the development and interaction of people, technology, information and organization with the aim of creating robust, adaptable, efficient and performance-enhancing structures on the shop floor .

Production Management (PM)

The production management research group is dedicated to models, processes and concepts for the planning, management and controlling of internal and external supply chains. The focus is on the manufacturing and assembly processes as well as the related procurement and distribution processes. The group’s research also focuses on the processes and tasks of production planning and control . Description, action and decision models are developed that meet the requirements and enable a simple, holistic view of all processes on various levels of detail. The research goal of the Production Management group is to calculate the feasible logistics performance and the logistics costs incurred for any configuration of supply chains on a model basis in order to enable a target-oriented design of the supply chain.

research

In cooperation with various research institutions, foundations and industrial partners, the IFA researches the fundamental organizational and logistical principles of industrial production facilities. Basic research is mainly funded by the German Research Foundation. In application-oriented research, projects are carried out with various research sponsors and funding instruments.

Completed research projects

The IFA has carried out various research projects in cooperation with various partners. The following list is an extract:

  • Development of a model-based method for evaluating potential in distribution logistics
  • VReP - Improvement of resource efficiency in production
  • StöGröM - Sustainable disturbance variable management in manufacturing SMEs
  • ProWandel - planning process of socio-technical adaptability in factories
  • RampAble - design of start-up production systems
  • WaProTek - process architectures conducive to change
  • Sustainable Factories - Assessment and design of sustainable, resource-efficient factories

Learning factory

The IFA learning factory is a training environment of the institute. There, students and companies are presented with scientific and practice-relevant topics for the design and control of efficient production systems. Manufacturing and assembly processes are simulated in a real operating situation and analyzed and optimized by the participants under the guidance of experienced IFA employees. The aim of the learning factory is to convey various ideas in the design of workplaces, production processes and production environments. Training courses on various topics can be carried out in the learning factory.

Cooperations

Partners are:

Footnotes

  1. ↑ https://www.ifa.uni-hannover.de/ifa-mitarbeiter.html
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  3. ^ WGP: Institute. In: www.wgp.de. Retrieved May 21, 2016 .
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  5. ^ The institute development of the IFA. In: www.ifa.uni-hannover.de. Retrieved April 4, 2018 .
  6. ↑ PZH - University Institutes. In: www.pzh.uni-hannover.de. Retrieved May 21, 2016 .
  7. ↑ IFA - History. In: www.ifa.uni-hannover.de. Retrieved May 21, 2016 .
  8. ↑ a b c d IFA - Research Strategies. In: www.ifa.uni-hannover.de. Retrieved May 23, 2016 .
  9. ↑ IFA - factory planning. In: www.ifa.uni-hannover.de. Retrieved May 22, 2016 .
  10. ↑ IFA - Production and Work Design. In: www.ifa.uni-hannover.de. Retrieved May 22, 2016 .
  11. ↑ IFA - production management. In: www.ifa.uni-hannover.de. Retrieved May 22, 2016 .
  12. ^ IFA - research. In: www.ifa.uni-hannover.de. Retrieved May 21, 2016 .
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  14. ↑ IFA - project single view. In: www.ifa.uni-hannover.de. Retrieved May 21, 2016 .
  15. ↑ IFA - project single view. In: www.ifa.uni-hannover.de. Retrieved May 21, 2016 .
  16. ↑ IFA - project single view. In: www.ifa.uni-hannover.de. Retrieved May 21, 2016 .
  17. ↑ IFA - project single view. In: www.ifa.uni-hannover.de. Retrieved May 21, 2016 .
  18. ↑ IFA - project single view. In: www.ifa.uni-hannover.de. Retrieved May 21, 2016 .
  19. ↑ IFA - project single view. In: www.ifa.uni-hannover.de. Retrieved May 21, 2016 .
  20. ↑ CreateIT: IFA learning factory. In: www.ifa-lernfabrik.de. Retrieved May 21, 2016 .
  21. ↑ IFA - Cooperation. In: www.ifa.uni-hannover.de. Retrieved May 21, 2016 .