From battlefield to factory floor
enhancing movable factory deployment planning through military frameworks
Rasmus Andersen (Aalborg University)
Alessia Napoleone (TU Delft - Transport Engineering and Logistics)
Ann Louise Andersen (Aalborg University)
Thomas D. Brunø (Aalborg University)
Kjeld Nielsen (Aalborg University)
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Abstract
Uncertainties in the global market, including supply chain disruptions, local content requirements, and geopolitical conflicts, pose significant risks to manufacturers relying on centralized production systems. Movable factories, mobile manufacturing systems (MMS), and associated frameworks have been proposed in the literature as ways to achieve resilient production networks. However, these deployable manufacturing systems' planning and management aspects remain largely overlooked. This paper explores how manufacturing companies can enhance resilience by adopting military rapid deployment planning principles to deploy production capabilities to geographically dispersed areas swiftly.
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