Dynamic and Seamless Integration of Production, Logistics and Traffic

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Eberhard Abele is head of the Institute of Production Management, Technology and Machine Tools at TU Darmstadt, Germany. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Manfred Boltze is head of the Department of Transport Planning and Traffic Engineering at TU Darmstadt, Germany. Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Hans-Christian Pfohl is head of Supply Chain and Network Management at TU Darmstadt, Germany.

Introduction to interdisciplinary research in production, logistics and traffic.- Challenges of interdisciplinary decision making.- An integrated framework of production, logistics and traffic: the Interdisciplinary Decision Map (IDM).- Integrated simulation and the Interdisciplinary Decision Navigator (IDN).- Handling heterogeneity in interdisciplinary projects.- Flexible design of production systems.- Development of a toolbox system for modelling and simulation of production networks.- Revenue sharing as an incentive for increased information disclosure in outsourcing relationships.- Multi-tier supply chain risk management in the automotive industry.- Estimation of the potential for a temporal shift of heavy traffic.- Fundamentals of freight transport demand management.- A concept for modelling freight transport within supply networks in the automotive industry.- Selection of transportation options in dependance of the quality of offerings.- Using event based mediators to facilitatereal-time communication across company borders