• analysis
• changeability
• interdependencies
• manufacturing structures
• method
• relations
• transformability

Main objective of this thesis is the review, categorization and evaluation of existing types of modeling and structuring techniques for manufacturing and factory structures respectivly. Beside a thorough literature review within engineering science, promising approaches from business science and operations research should also be taken into closer consideration. Based on these results, a method for modelling manufacturing structures is to be developed to support their analyisis and the generation of alternative adaptation paths.