Due to globalized markets and worldwide activities,
nowadays, companies have to deal with higher market
dynamics in a highly volatile production environment [1,2].
Since companies from high-wage countries cannot compete
with companies from low-wage countries from a cost
perspective, they try to meet the customers´ demands by
offering highly individualized and customized products [1]. A
core competence for this strategy is the handling of short
product and technology lifecycles, which are necessary to
surpass competitors. Nevertheless, such a shortening changes
the way of factory planning. A constant optimization of
production processes as well as a higher flexibility regarding
short-term changes and a consequent value orientation in the
planning process become necessary [2,3].