Energy production planning and control
Over the last decades, the production planning process of factories had to take more and more additional production factors into consideration. In the past, production factors like work force, machine capacity and material were focused on meeting the main production goals, namely time, cost and quality . Due to the changes in the energy market, the resource energy has developed steadily from an unlimited resource to an indispensable production factor.
The production planning and control of a factory is usually supported by computer-based systems. These systems ensure an effective and efficient production process by the use of their planning tasks with a strong focus on dates, capacities and quantities. In addition to the planning tasks, the systems are responsible for data storage, handling and communication throughout the computer-based systems and subsystems of the factory’s operations . Within the field of manufacturing, the following computer-based systems can be distinguished.
- Supply Chain Management Systems (SCM)
- Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP)
- Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES)
- Production Data Acquisition (PDA)