Configuration of dynamic value added networks

Abstract Globally operating companies face the challenge of an optimal and efficient configuration of their value added network. The participating sites, partners, and suppliers have to be selected according to their specific capabilities. Thereby the configuration has to respect not only the actual status but also the different dynamic influences of the nodes of the network themselves and also of the connections between them. This paper presents an approach for the configuration of global value added networks using business capabilities with special consideration of the ramp-up behaviour of the single elements. A simulation implemented in Tecnomatix Plant Simulation™ serves as a validation for the theoretic approach.