The IPB has once again been recognized for its exemplary actions in terms of equal opportunity-oriented personnel and organizational policies and has received the TOTAL E-QUALITY certification for the…
The Plant Science Student Conference (PSSC) has been organised by students from the two Leibniz institutes, IPK and IPB, every year for the last 20 years. In this interview, Christina Wäsch (IPK) and…
Becker, M.; Kasprowicz, D.; Kurkina, T.; Davari, M. D.; Gipperich, M.; Gramelsberger, G.; Bergs, T.; Schwaneberg, U.; Trauth, D.;Toward antifragile manufacturing: Concepts from nature and complex human-made systems to gain from stressors and volatilityLetmathe, P., Balleer, A., Breuer, W., Gramelsberger, G.Transformation Towards Sustainability425-448(2024)ISBN:978-3-031-54699-0DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-54700-3_16
Taleb coined the term “antifragility” to describe systems that benefit from stressors and volatility. While nature provides several examples of systems with antifragile behavior, manufacturing has so far only aimed to avoid or absorb stressors and volatility. This article surveys existing examples of antifragile system behavior in biology, biotechnology, software engineering, risk management, and manufacturing. From these examples, components of antifragile systems and principles to implement these components are derived and organized in a framework. The framework intends to serve as guidance for practitioners as well as starting point for future research on the design of antifragile systems in manufacturing.