An Organizational Knowledge Ontology for Automotive Supply Chains

  • Authors:
  • Bernd Hellingrath;Markus Witthaut;Carsten Böhle;Stephan Brügger

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Münster, Germany;Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics, Dortmund, Germany;Heinz Nixdorf Institute, University of Paderborn, Germany;Heinz Nixdorf Institute, University of Paderborn, Germany

  • Venue:
  • HoloMAS '09 Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Industrial Applications of Holonic and Multi-Agent Systems: Holonic and Multi-Agent Systems for Manufacturing
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

The currently completed ILIPT (Intelligent Logistics for Innovative Product Technologies) project was concerned with the concept of the "5 day car" (a customized car that is delivered within five days after its ordering) and encompassed extensive research on the required production and logistics network structures and processes. As car manufacturers in the automotive industry (commonly referred to as OEMs) rely heavily on their suppliers, the major challenge lies in the organization of inter-enterprise cooperation supported by information systems (IS) in an efficient manner. A common understanding of supply chain concepts is indispensable for this. Ontologies as formal representations of concepts can be used as a semantic basis for cooperation. Relevant results from ILIPT are presented followed by a concept as well as a prototype of how to transfer the theoretical findings to a practical implementation, in this case a multi-agent system.