Coupling order release methods with autonomous control methods – an assessment of potentials by literature review and discrete event simulation

Sebastian Grundstein, S. Schukraft, B. Scholz-Reiter, M. Freitag
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4995/ijpme.2015.3199

Abstract

Production planning and control faces increasing uncertainty, dynamics and complexity. Autonomous control methods proved themselves as a promising approach for coping with these challenges. However, there is a lack of knowledge regarding the interaction between autonomous control and precedent functions of production planning and control. In particular, up to now previous research has paid no attention to the influence of order release methods on the efficiency of autonomous control methods. Thereby, many researchers over the last decades provided evidence that the order release function has great influence on the logistic objective achievement in conventional production systems. Therefore, this paper examines the influence of order release methods on the efficiency of autonomous control methods by both theoretic evaluation and discrete event simulation. The simulation results indicate an overall high influence. Moreover, the logistic performance differs considerably depending on the implemented order release methods and the combinations of order release methods with autonomous control methods. The findings highlight demand for further research in this field.

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autonomous control; order release; production control; reactive scheduling

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