The continuous testing and redesign of current business models and the associated adaptation of increasingly customized value propositions are nowadays becoming more and more important for companies. Thereby the additional ...

Concepts like gentelligent products, smart objects or cyber-physical systems have already proven a high potential especially for decentralized production planning and control. In this context, decentralized communication, ...

Modern production environments require transparency regarding production status to detect the optimization potential. One of the indicators to identify this potential is the Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE). It is ...

The revision of an hip prosthesis can have different reasons. One frequent cause, especialley after implantation of a conventional cup, is the so called stress-shielding effect which can lead to a migration or loosening. ...