Abstract :
In 1993, Daimler-Benz embarked upon a feasibility study for the Smart town car. The ecologistics challenge was to create a modular production facility and develop a networked industrial complex to meet the demanding environmental, logistical and constructional requirements. The author gives an overview of production of the Smart facility at Hambach, Germany
Keywords :
assembling; automobile industry; design for environment; ecology; manufacture; Daimler-Benz; Hambach production facility; Micro Compact Cars Smart; Smart town car; automobile manufacture; constructional requirements; ecologistics; ecology; environmental requirements; feasibility study; logistical requirements; modular production facility; networked industrial complex;
