Towards an Approach to Identify the Optimal Instant of Time for Information Capturing in Supply Chains

Abstract. Supply chains are becoming increasingly complex and with this development the challenges towards information management increase. The importance to capture the right, most relevant information in order to avoid having too much information to handle is commonly accepted in industry and academia. But the question, what is the optimal instant of time to capture the relevant information along the process chain is not yet discussed sufficiently by industry and academia. With this paper the authors take a look into this issue by first analyzing two practical cases, from a transport and a manufacturing perspective. Afterwards, the elements of information captured are shortly elaborated and finally, constraints on the determination of the optimal instant of time for information capturing are elaborated in order to build a foundation for further research. A short conclusion and outlook summarizes the paper.

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2013
• Where: IFIP5-7
• Authors: Thorsten Wuest, Dirk Werthmann, Klaus-Dieter Thoben
• Keywords: IFIP5-7 2013