SUPPLY CHAIN SIMULATION AS A SERVICE TO INCREASE ADAPTATION CAPABILITY IN MANUFACTURING

authored by: Tamas Kiss, Gabor Terstyanszky, Resmi Arjun, Saskia Sardesai, Michael Dominik Goertz, Matthias Wangenheim
Abstract: The COVID-19 crisis represents significant challenges for the manufacturing industry, especially for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), and further emphasizes the need for supporting the fast and efficient reconfiguration and repurposing of manufacturing lines and supply networks. The European CO-VERSATILE project addresses these challenges by offering the Digital Technopole, a central hub for decentralized services, including manufacturing and supply network simulation, among other vital services in aid of the reconfiguration process. Such simulation services are provided through an external cloud-based platform, the Digital Agora (emGORA). This paper highlights how such novel cloud-based simulation services can be efficiently implemented and offered using the Digital Agora and the Digital Technopole. The presented case study aims to optimize the supply network related to the manufacturing process of silicon facemasks, involving three European SMEs. The implemented solution is offered as cloud-based service to provide scalability, convenient access and reduction of upfront costs.
Organisation(s): Institute of Dynamics and Vibration Research
External Organisation(s): University of Westminster
Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics (IML)
Type: Conference article
Journal: Simulation Series
Volume: 54
Pages: 839-852
No. of pages: 14
ISSN: 0735-9276
Publication date: 2022
Publication status: Published
Peer reviewed: Yes
ASJC Scopus subject areas: Computer Networks and Communications
Electronic version(s): https://westminsterresearch.westminster.ac.uk/download/98aac44b03a4d65bd738dc104c73fb55bc94bc1808c7ca559222c19db35d895e/483923/CO-VERSATILE%20Supply%20Chain%20Simulation%20V1.2.pdf (Access: Open)
https://doi.org/10.23919/ANNSIM55834.2022.9859375 (Access: Closed)

BibTeX

@article{8a982ea00f574242968fa37f32d251b1,
title = "SUPPLY CHAIN SIMULATION AS A SERVICE TO INCREASE ADAPTATION CAPABILITY IN MANUFACTURING",
abstract = "The COVID-19 crisis represents significant challenges for the manufacturing industry, especially for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), and further emphasizes the need for supporting the fast and efficient reconfiguration and repurposing of manufacturing lines and supply networks. The European CO-VERSATILE project addresses these challenges by offering the Digital Technopole, a central hub for decentralized services, including manufacturing and supply network simulation, among other vital services in aid of the reconfiguration process. Such simulation services are provided through an external cloud-based platform, the Digital Agora (emGORA). This paper highlights how such novel cloud-based simulation services can be efficiently implemented and offered using the Digital Agora and the Digital Technopole. The presented case study aims to optimize the supply network related to the manufacturing process of silicon facemasks, involving three European SMEs. The implemented solution is offered as cloud-based service to provide scalability, convenient access and reduction of upfront costs.",
keywords = "cloud orchestration, cloud-based simulation, Digital Technopole, simulation as a service, supply chain simulation",
author = "Tamas Kiss and Gabor Terstyanszky and Resmi Arjun and Saskia Sardesai and Goertz, {Michael Dominik} and Matthias Wangenheim",
note = "Funding Information: This work was funded by the CO-VERSATILE, No. 101016070 (EU H2020) and DIGITbrain, No. 952071 (EU H2020) projects; 2022 Annual Modeling and Simulation Conference, ANNSIM 2022 ; Conference date: 18-07-2022 Through 20-07-2022",
year = "2022",
doi = "10.23919/ANNSIM55834.2022.9859375",
language = "English",
volume = "54",
pages = "839--852",
journal = "Simulation Series",
issn = "0735-9276",
number = "1",
}