Model Planning Production and Logistics Activities in Business Networks

This paper deals with the issue of production planning and inter-company logistics activities when collaborating on the implementation of contracts in business networks. The first part introduces the issue, sets parameters of inter-company logistics, methods for evaluation of alternatives for inter-company transport and setting parameters for production planning. There is also a case study, "Optimizing capacity utilization of machines in the production process variant", in which is tested whether it is possible to use simulation tools to effectively search for advantageous variants of production from different perspectives. The paper concludes with a summary of the issue and proposed methodology. (C) 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.