Schedule Instability in Production Networks: An empirical Study on Drivers and Mechanisms within the Automotive Industry

Schedule instability in production networks is a highly relevant topic for practitioners and academics lacking research, especially from a network perspective. This paper addresses the phenomenon schedule instability in automotive production networks via an abductive case study approach. The objective of this paper is to: Present a structure of the different drivers influencing schedule instability Present a model of the different mechanisms to tackle these instabilities Derive the interdependencies between instability drivers and mechanisms (C) 2018, IFAC (International Federation of Automatic Control) Hosting by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.