Digitalization elements for collaborative planning and control in supply chains

Due to the increasing digitalization and networking along supply chains (SCs), the topic of Industry 4.0 (I4.0) is particularly important for collaborative planning and control. Considering new paradigms and a higher use of technologies, existing processes in value-added networks will fundamentally change. The Digitalization Elements (DEs) presented in this paper describe the future changes of planning and control processes with focus on production and distribution. Based on DEs, a concept allowing to design I4.0-oriented collaborative planning and control processes in SCs will be developed in future work.