A Concept for an Integrated Transport Management System in Distributed Production Networks

Usually, production and supply networks are characterized by insufficient transports, where resources are not fully utilized, delivery time performance and service level can be improved. Existing IT-systems do not support a holistic planning of transports considering all participants and their available resources. However, especially in supply chains, an integrated planning of transport resources is essential. Participants, e.g., transport service providers require the same resources like cranes at loading points. In this paper, a concept for an integrated transport management system is introduced supporting the long-and short-term demand-capacity planning as well as the execution phase.