Order Management in Non-Hierarchical Production Networks using Genetic Algorithms

摘要

The global economy of the 21st century will be characterized by competing corporate networks rather than by competing enterprises. Competition outside of and cooperation within supply chains will be the important factors. The tendency of companies to concentrate on their core competences causes a narrowing of their strategic focus, while at the same time these companies widen their focus by seeking alliances. Specialization and global networking are intensifying each other. The results are sinking costs in larger markets. The special research area 457 of the German Research Community is dealing with these topics. Another research project called INTERKON proposes an inter-organizational framework for collaborative manufacturing control in production networks. This paper combines both approaches. A short introduction gives a first insight into the problems that arise with the management and control of production networks. The purpose of this paper is to put forward a specific functionality to schedule production considering constraint networks.