Energy efficient production through a modified -green-PPC and a communication framework for the energy supply chain to manage energy consumption and information

Abstract

This paper presents a definition of an energy product model through a holistic approach of energy management that recognizes both the side of the energy provider and energy consumer. Therefore, it is needed to design a model for a "Green PPC" that uses energy consumption as an additional planning and control criterion to enable a producing company to optimise and forecast its energy consumption. Furthermore, an inter-organisational information system will be described that allows an information exchange with the energy supplier to include the energy use in production planning. © IFIP International Federation for Information Processing 2013.