Abstract:

Distinguishing routine processes and tasks from one-time orders/projects in a production system is fundamental in contemporary enterprises offering custom-made products and services. These types of production systems, identified with discrete manufacturing, are characterized by an increasing complexity of decision problems in their control structure and a significant vulnerability to disruption. The likelihood of disruption depends on the reliability of the production system, the impact of the environment, and on unforeseen random factors. In this paper we postulate employing reliability theory to control systems for production processes during the execution of project driven orders, with the long-term goal of elaborating a multidimensional reliability concept in a dynamic control structure for the execution of production projects.