New approaches for analyzing the logistical synchronization of material provision in production networks

In order to obtain high logistical performance in a production network at low logistical costs, there has to be a high level of synchronization in the material provision of the final assembly. The level of synchronization can be restrained by dynamic effects in a network. This paper presents an approach for identifying critical material procurement processes that are accountable for an insufficient achievement of logistical goals in the material provision. In addition, the results of a simulation study are explained that analyzes the effects of measurements conducted to increase the synchronization of the material provision by also taking dynamic effects into account.