InAs­Pro — Inte­gra­ted work sys­tem design in digi­ta­li­zed pro­duc­tion com­pa­nies

Pro­ject brief

In the Inas­Pro pro­ject, ITA is deve­lo­ping and test­ing a trans­for­ma­ti­on con­cept tog­e­ther with part­ner insti­tu­ti­ons. The focus is on the sel­ec­tion and imple­men­ta­ti­on of digi­tiza­ti­on tech­no­lo­gies in dif­fe­rent life cycle pha­ses in work sys­tems of pro­duc­tion com­pa­nies. The deve­lo­p­ment is based on the pre­mi­se of imple­men­ting huma­ne working con­di­ti­ons within a coher­ent orga­ni­sa­tio­nal frame­work. This ensu­res soci­al­ly accep­ta­ble work design and ergo­no­mic and health-pro­mo­ting working con­di­ti­ons.

In the con­text of Indus­try 4.0, digi­ti­sa­ti­on tech­no­lo­gies offer new poten­ti­al for com­pa­nies. In order to make the best pos­si­ble use of the effects of the­se tech­no­lo­gies, the sel­ec­tion and imple­men­ta­ti­on in the com­pa­ny should be car­ri­ed out in a tar­ge­ted and plan­ned man­ner. Due to the lar­ge num­ber of digi­tiza­ti­on tech­no­lo­gies available, howe­ver, it is dif­fi­cult to assess the effects. An iso­la­ted con­side­ra­ti­on of tech­no­lo­gies is not suf­fi­ci­ent. Rather, the effects of the tech­no­lo­gy must be con­side­red both in the con­text of peo­p­le and orga­niza­ti­on and over seve­ral pro­duct life cycle pha­ses such as deve­lo­p­ment, pro­duc­tion, assem­bly and after-sales. In order to meet the abo­ve-men­tio­ned chal­lenges, the rese­arch pro­ject will deve­lop and test an approach for a trans­for­ma­ti­on con­cept that spans all life cycle pha­ses tog­e­ther with prac­ti­ce part­ners from medi­um-sized com­pa­nies. The aim is to iden­ti­fy digi­tiza­ti­on tech­no­lo­gies and stra­te­gies for indi­vi­du­al com­pa­nies and to imple­ment them under con­side­ra­ti­on of employee-fri­end­ly working con­di­ti­ons.

Pro­ject web­site: https://​www​.inas​pro​.de/