Dynamics of the customer order decoupling point: impact on information systems for production control

The difficulty of information support for production control in hybrid production situations is discussed. This means in production situations in which make-to-stock, assemble-to-order and engineer-to-order are combined and where the combination may also be dynamic. The first part describes the main information requirements in different production situations. Different types of hybrid situations and the specific information support required in such situations are described. In the second part a commercial system is described that offers functions for different production situations and which at least partly supports production hybridity.