Fraunhofer Group for ProductionTo increase technical flexibility and to map a variety of product, manufacturing resources are enabled to the "Automation of Automation".
The diversity of variants in the process is achieved by integrating the SWAP-IT architecture to increase organizational flexibility and optimize utilization. Flexible chaining of workstations via freely navigating driverless transport vehicles enables an order-specific material flow. AI-supported optimization algorithms can be used to optimally distribute the workload among the production resources in order to realize a low turnaround time. This makes it possible to implement highly flexible production systems that manufacture customized products of the highest quality in a cost-efficient and sustainable manner.