Enacting Dynamic Distribution Networks — The DAMASCOS Project

Abstract

This paper presents the DAMASCOS (Dynamic Forecast for Master Production Planning with stock and capacity constraints) IST-1999-11850 project. It is the DAMASCOS objective to design and develop an open platform providing adequate IT modules and mechanisms in order to manage customised supply networks while integrating the consumer and its demands. In this context, key objectives are the usage of a workflow model driven approach to support development of a new organisational scheme enabling a flexible/efficient cooperation inside the supply network. This will enable the establishment of a new kind of consumer-supplier relationship, built on lean, flexible and innovative functional modules for production order management, distribution/stock management, sales management and demand calculation. The DAMASCOS system also features integrated forecasting as a basic functionality. State-of-the-art information technology will enable inter-enterprise integration based on de jure or de facto standards such as TCP/IP, CORBA, DCOM, etc., fostering a strong market/customer orientation