Using Automated Event Handling for a Simulation-Based Process Coverage in Supply Networks

The project AC/DC, funded by the European Commission (contract number FP6-SST-031520), deals with new logistical concepts for planning and control of supply networks that enhance automotive manufacturing radically. To handle upcoming disturbances within the regarded supply network structure, a real-time event management system is developed in order to automatically handle occurring events in a highly reactive way based on reliable processes. The simulation-based approach of identification, classification and especially the automated evaluation of handling actions are introduced in this paper.