Reflections on the architecture of a decision support system for personnel assignment scheduling in production cell technology

Within the range of new technology applications ‘flexible manufacturing systems’ are expected to give a productivity edge in market competition. Their function is based on a decentralized manufacturing organisation in form of semi-autonomous workgroups. These workgroups, consisting of a small number of workers, form so-called production cells. In this paper the authors want to present considerations on the architecture of a decision support system for personnel assignment scheduling within production cell organisation. Beside this, social, organisational, and qualificational aspects and requirements for the use of such systems are discussed.