Condition Monitoring in Logistics – a New Approach for Maintenance

In modern times, far-reaching changes especially in production have taken place. Lean manufacturing systems require delivery strategies such as just-in-time or just-in-sequence that are synchronized with production demand to make sure the optimal amount of inventory is on hand at any time. This development comes along with both increasing dependence and cross-linking of inhouse-logistics systems, also called intralogisticssystems, that sharply raises the probability of negative impacts of unplanned breakdowns. Against this background the importance of reliability for intralogistics-systems increases. But instead of intelligent maintenance concepts, the intralogistics industry faces this challenge by providing robust and oversized systems. Therefore, the Chair of Factory Organization in cooperation with the Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics (IML) approach the problem of construction and maintenance of intralogistics-systems in order to find different, more efficient ways to reliability and availability.