Analysis of Socio-Technical Structures in Order to Increase the Changeability of Producing Companies

Abstract

In nearly all sectors, the competitive situation for producing companies will further exacerbate with the consequence of a growing price pressure. In addition, the environment of producing companies becomes more and more turbulent. Mass production is an important principle in order to handle the growing price pressure. But in order to make successfully use of this principle, companies have to be able to react fast to external and internal induced changes. Companies have to increase their changeability with expedient measures and an efficient use of resources. Therefore the knowledge about the interdependencies of the different areas in a producing company is important. The developed methodology enables to analyze and visualize the significant areas and their interdependencies in order to deduce effective measures for increasing the changeability.