Potential of Logistic-Oriented Production Scheduling in the Automotive Industry

The integration of logistics aspects in the planning of the production sequence in the Automotive Industry was the focus of the research project InterTrans. The basic idea is to integrate logistics constraints in production scheduling of a vehicle manufacturer in order to improve inbound and outbound transportation processes in terms of CO2 emissions and transportation costs. The project results show, that the introduction of logistics constraints in production scheduling is possible and that logistics savings can be significant.