TY - GEN
T1 - Monitor for information alignment and sustainability in logistics networks
AU - Ferreira, José
AU - Agostinho, Carlos
AU - Ilie-Zudor, Elisabeth
AU - Jardim-Gonçalves, Ricardo
PY - 2012/12/1
Y1 - 2012/12/1
N2 - Globalization of manufacturing and the enlargement of production networks bear the problem of logistics. These worldwide non-hierarchical manufacturing and distributing networks are characterized by non-centralized decision making, thus increasing the autonomy of the hub organizations and enabling different rules and procedures for decision making within the same supply chain, but decreasing the effectiveness in terms of integration, interoperability, and transportation. The major cause for that is due to different systems and information structures. This paper suggests aligning the different enterprises operating within the network, using morphisms to relate and develop transformations between their information models and a common data exchange standard. Also, in order to manage the dynamism of internal information systems, a multi-Agent framework is proposed to detect changes, being capable of reacting to sustain the interoperability-enabling morphisms.
AB - Globalization of manufacturing and the enlargement of production networks bear the problem of logistics. These worldwide non-hierarchical manufacturing and distributing networks are characterized by non-centralized decision making, thus increasing the autonomy of the hub organizations and enabling different rules and procedures for decision making within the same supply chain, but decreasing the effectiveness in terms of integration, interoperability, and transportation. The major cause for that is due to different systems and information structures. This paper suggests aligning the different enterprises operating within the network, using morphisms to relate and develop transformations between their information models and a common data exchange standard. Also, in order to manage the dynamism of internal information systems, a multi-Agent framework is proposed to detect changes, being capable of reacting to sustain the interoperability-enabling morphisms.
KW - Hub-And-spoke networks
KW - Interoperability
KW - Model morphisms
KW - Sustainable interoperability
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84887309909&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1115/IMECE2012-89478
DO - 10.1115/IMECE2012-89478
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84887309909
SN - 9780791845196
T3 - ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE)
SP - 423
EP - 432
BT - INTERNATIONAL MECHANICAL ENGINEERING CONGRESS AND EXPOSITION - 2012, VOL 3, PTS A-C: DESIGN, MATERIALS, AND MANUFACTURING
PB - ASME - The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
T2 - ASME 2012 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 2012
Y2 - 9 November 2012 through 15 November 2012
ER -