@phdthesis{Schickhardt2022,
  author    = {Schickhardt, Irene},
  title     = {A Process Model for Selecting the Most Appropriate Production Site : an Application-oriented Approach for OEMs based on a Literature Analysis},
  doi       = {10.25972/OPUS-27665},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-276652},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2022},
  abstract  = {The global selection of production sites is a very complex task of great strategic importance for Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), not only to ensure their sustained competitiveness, but also due to the sizeable long-term investment associated with a production site. With this in mind, this work develops a process model with which OEMs can select the most appropriate production site for their specific production activity in practice. Based on a literature analysis, the process model is developed by determining all necessary preparation, by defining the properties of the selection process model, providing all necessary instructions for choosing and evaluating location factors, and by laying out the procedure of the selection process model. Moreover, the selection process model includes a discussion of location factors which are possibly relevant for OEMs when selecting a production site. This discussion contains a description and, if relevant, a macroeconomic analysis of each location factor, an explanation of their relevance for constructing and operating a production site, additional information for choosing relevant location factors, and information and instructions on evaluating them in the selection process model. To be successfully applicable, the selection process model is developed based on the assumption that the production site must not be selected in isolation, but as part of the global production network and supply chain of the OEM and, additionally, to advance the OEM's related strategic goals. Furthermore, the selection process model is developed on the premise that a purely quantitative model cannot realistically solve an OEM's complex selection of a production site, that the realistic analysis of the conditions at potential production sites requires evaluating the changes of these conditions over the planning horizon of the production site and that the future development of many of these conditions can only be assessed with uncertainty.},
  subject      = {Produktionsstandort},
  language  = {en}
}