High Resolution Production Management

High Resolution Production Management describes the approach to set up a network of sensors for online order identification and localisation in production consisting of new and existing information technologies such as Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) and Personal Digital Assistants (PDA). It is intended to establish a new order optimisation principle between the interlaced planning levels, which allows an improved real-time decision making. Finally, a software architecture is proposed which allows for a consistent interaction of the heterogeneous planning and control systems. The paper introduces the approach and first concepts of High Resolution Production Management and presents first experiences of application to industrial cases.