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Autonomous Cooperation and Control in Logistics • Michael Hülsmann Bernd Scholz-Reiter (cid:2) Katja Windt Editors Autonomous Cooperation and Control in Logistics Contributions and Limitations - Theoretical and Practical Perspectives 123 Editors MichaelHülsmann KatjaWindt JacobsUniversityBremen JacobsUniversityBremen SystemsManagement-InternationalLogis GlobalProductionLogistics-Internatio CampusRing1 CampusRing1 28759Bremen 28759Bremen Germany Germany [email protected] [email protected] Prof.Dr.BerndScholz-Reiter UniversitätBremen BIBAGmbH BremerInstitutfürMesstechnik AutomatisierungundQualitätswiss. Hochschulring20 28359Bremen Germany [email protected] ISBN978-3-642-19468-9 e-ISBN978-3-642-19469-6 DOI10.1007/978-3-642-19469-6 SpringerHeidelbergDordrechtLondonNewYork LibraryofCongressControlNumber:2011929775 (cid:2)c Springer-VerlagBerlinHeidelberg2011 Thisworkissubjecttocopyright.Allrightsarereserved,whetherthewholeorpartofthematerialis concerned,specificallytherightsoftranslation,reprinting,reuseofillustrations,recitation,broadcasting, reproductiononmicrofilmorinanyotherway,andstorageindatabanks.Duplicationofthispublication orpartsthereofispermittedonlyundertheprovisionsoftheGermanCopyrightLawofSeptember9, 1965,initscurrentversion,andpermissionforusemustalwaysbeobtainedfromSpringer.Violations areliabletoprosecutionundertheGermanCopyrightLaw. Theuseofgeneral descriptive names, registered names,trademarks, etc. inthis publication does not imply,evenintheabsenceofaspecificstatement,thatsuchnamesareexemptfromtherelevantprotective lawsandregulationsandthereforefreeforgeneraluse. 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Printedonacid-freepaper SpringerispartofSpringerScience+BusinessMedia(www.springer.com) Preface The editedvolume“AutonomousCooperationandControlin Logistics:Contribu- tionsandLimitations–TheoreticalandPracticalPerspectives”consequentlycontin- uesthepreviouspublication“UnderstandingAutonomousCooperationandControl inLogistics–TheImpactofAutonomyonManagement,Information,Communica- tion,andMaterialFlow”,editedbyMichaelHülsmannandKatjaWindt.Thisfirst volumefocusesoncollatingvariousunderstandingsofself-organisation.Itintends to establish a common perspective on basic ideas and their adoption and adapt- abilitytologistics.Additionally,thatpublicationidentifiesandcomparesthescope anddepthofautonomouscooperationandcontrolresultingfromvarious,interdisci- plinaryunderstandingsofself-organisation.Therefore,thefirsteditedvolumeaims fordevelopingaconceptualsystemforautonomouscooperationandcontrol,which allowstointerpretdiscipline-specifically,tofunctionalise,andtoapplyautonomous cooperationandcontrolinthecontextoflogisticsystems.Itisdedicatedtoprovide logisticsresearchaswellaspracticewithfirstimpulsesforansweringthequestion howlogisticsmanagementcanbettercopewithcomplexityanddynamicsinsupply chainsandnetworks.Allinall,thefirsteditedvolume“UnderstandingAutonomous CooperationandControlinLogistics–TheImpactofAutonomyonManagement, Information,Communication,andMaterialFlow”providesaterminological,taxo- nomical,andanalyticalframeworktoexamine,explain,andapplytheprinciplesof self-organisationinthecontextofcomplex,dynamiclogisticsprocesses. Consistently,the secondedited volume “AutonomousCooperationand Control in Logistics: Contributions and Limitations – Theoretical and Practical Perspec- tives”usesthedevelopedframeworktoapproachthechallengeoffindinganoptimal degree of autonomous cooperation and control of logistics processes. Therefore, thispublicationseekstodetermineanalyticallytheupperandlowerboundariesof autonomouscooperationand control.This focus should lead to a common under- standingoftheenablersandimpedimentsofapplyingtheideaofself-organisation asa paradigmaticprincipletologisticsandthedesign,planning,andcontrolofits processes.Hence,thiseditedvolumeisdedicatedtoidentify,describe,andinvesti- gate–inthecontextofproductionanddistributionlogistics–theeffects,feasibility, outcomes,barriers,drivingforces,cause-effect-relations,etc.ofconcepts,methods, technologies, and routines, that are based on and linked with the idea of self- organisationin logistics. Therefore,it is the major objectiveof this editedvolume v vi Preface to give a broad overview about the contributions and limitations of autonomous cooperationandcontroloflogisticsprocesses.Furthermore,thispublicationshould outlineafirstanswertohowtheabstractideaofself-organisationcansubstantially contribute to a better performanceand robustness of complex and dynamic logis- ticssystemsinversatileandvolatileenvironments.Inthisregardthiseditedvolume comprisesfirstimplementationsinrealindustrialscenariosaswellanddemonstrates onpracticalexamplesthelogisticpotentialanditslimitations. Bothresearchobjects–logisticsaswellastheideaofautonomouscooperation and control – need an interdisciplinary approach, which can cover all their het- erogeneous characteristics (e.g. technological and organisational). Therefore, this editedvolumecombinesthe differentperspectivesof productiontechnology,elec- tronics and communication engineering, informatics and mathematics, as well as managementsciencesandeconomics.Thesolidfoundationforthenecessaryinte- gration of these diverse points of view is built on the interdisciplinary research within the Collaborative Research Centre 637 (CRC 637) “Autonomous Cooper- atingLogisticProcesses–A ParadigmShiftanditsLimitations”attheUniversity of Bremen since 2004. The CRC 637 intends to identify the rules of autonomous cooperationand controlin orderto developa “theoreticalbackbone”for applying thisparadigmonalllevelsoflogisticssystems:onthemanagerialdecision-making level, on the information processing and communication level, and on the mate- rialflowlevel.Therefore,thispublicationeditedvolumecoversallperspectivesand levels addressed above in order to provide a comprehensiveand profoundpicture of contributions and restrictions of autonomous cooperation and control of logis- tics processes– whichmighthelp to understandthe related paradigm-shiftandits limitations. This publication is the result of a fruitful and pleasant cooperation, collabora- tion, and communicationbetween many actors, whose invaluable work made this edited volume possible. First of all, we like to thank our colleagues and doctoral studentswithintheCRC637andaroundthisinstitutionfortheinspiring,intriguing discourses,reflections,and exchangesofideas withinthe last sevenyears. During our debates and conversations we had the outstanding opportunity to learn from other disciplines. This included also the challenge to develop shared perspectives onthesameobject(i.e.autonomouscooperationandcontrolinlogistics)fromthe background of different scientific cultures, theoretical frameworks, and method- ological approaches. Therefore, it was always an honour and contentment for us having the chance to edit this volume and we are very grateful for this exciting experienceinouracademiccareer.Secondly,wearetremendouslyhappyandgrate- ful for the contributions of the voluntary reviewers, who spent their limited and valuabletime forimprovingthequalityofthe contributionsin thiseditedvolume. Without any doubt, the reviewers’ comments formed the various collections of a good idea, an appropriate research conception, and all the other ingredients of a scientific article into the shape of consistent and solid argumentation. There are also very helpful and important hands, which backed us up by thoroughly taking care of all the supportingactivities. For this, we would like to express our appre- ciation to Dipl.-Wi.-Ing. Anne Schwientek, who coordinated the compilation and Preface vii editing of all articles; to Dipl.-Oec. Philip Cordes for supporting and reviewing; to Lore Zander and Dipl.-Inf. Jacub Piotrowski for handling the administrative side; to Susanne Benner and Caroline Hannemann for proof-reading and editing. Naturally, we would like to say thank you to our publisher SpringerPhysica, rep- resented by Thomas Lehnert, for his motivating feedbacks and for giving us the chance to publish our edited volume “Autonomous Cooperation and Control in Logistics:ContributionsandLimitations– TheoreticalandPracticalPerspectives” at SpringerPhysica’s.Finally, we wouldlike to thankthe GermanResearch Foun- dation(DFG),whichsupportedthisresearchaspartoftheCollaborativeResearch Centre 637“AutonomousCooperatingLogistic Processes– A ParadigmShiftand itsLimitations”. MichaelHülsmann BerndScholz-Reiter KatjaWindt • Acknowledgements This research was supported by the German Research Foundation (DFG) as part oftheCollaborativeResearchCentre637“AutonomousCooperatingLogisticPro- cesses–AParadigmShiftanditsLimitations”attheUniversityofBremenandthe JacobsUniversityBremen. ix •
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