Autonomous Cooperation and Control in Logistics: Contributions and Limitations - Theoretical and Practical Perspectives

Front Matter....Pages i-xxxii
Front Matter....Pages 9-9
Contributions and Limitations of Autonomous Cooperation and Control in Logistics....Pages 1-7
Approaches to Organizational Contributions and Limitations of Autonomous Cooperation and Control in Logistics....Pages 11-14
Creating Customer Value in Logistics: Contributions and Limitations of Autonomous Cooperation-Based Technologies....Pages 15-25
Autonomous and Central Control of Production Networks....Pages 27-43
Approaching the Application Borders of Network Capacity Control in Road Haulage....Pages 45-59
Limit and Degree of Autonomy in Groupage Systems: Challenges, Chances and Barriers for Horizontal Cooperation in Operational Transportation Planning....Pages 61-75
The Interaction Effort in Autonomous Logistics Processes: Potential and Limitations for Cooperation....Pages 77-90
Front Matter....Pages 91-91
Introduction to Methodical Contributions and Limitations of Autonomous Cooperation and Control in Logistics....Pages 93-95
Logistic Systems with Multiple Autonomous Control Strategies....Pages 97-111
Communities of Autonomous Units: An Approach to Interactive Computation, Its Power and Limitations....Pages 113-129
Potentials and Limitations of Autonomously Controlled Production Systems....Pages 131-147
Scalability Effects in Modeling Autonomously Controlled Logistic Processes: Challenges and Solutions in Business Process Modeling....Pages 149-168
Exploitation of Manufacturing Flexibilities in Decision Methods for Autonomous Control of Production Processes: Findings from Industrial Practice and Theoretical Analysis....Pages 169-187
Front Matter....Pages 189-189
Views on Technological Contributions and Limitations of Autonomous Cooperation and Control in Logistics....Pages 191-194
Implications of Communication Constraints for the DLRP in Transport Logistics....Pages 195-206
Embedded Intelligent Objects in Food Logistics Technical Limits of Local Decision Making....Pages 207-228
Knowledge Management for Agent-Based Control Under Temporal Bounds....Pages 229-246
Impacts of Data Integration Approaches on the Limitations of Autonomous Cooperating Logistics Processes....Pages 247-267
Front Matter....Pages 269-269
Considerations of Practical Contributions and Limitations of Autonomous Cooperation and Control in Logistics....Pages 271-273
A Comparative View on Existing Autonomous Control Approaches: Observations from a Simulation Study....Pages 275-289
Front Matter....Pages 269-269
Limitations of Autonomous Control in Practical Applications: Report on Lessons Learned from Vehicle and Apparel Logistics....Pages 291-311
Autonomous Control in Production Planning and Control: How to Integrate Autonomous Control into Existing Production Planning and Control Structures....Pages 313-329
Back Matter....Pages 331-338