Methodology for assessing the ability to control global value added networks using perfor-mance indicator-based modeling and in consideration of real decision-making structures by means of the agent-based simulation

欧洲企业往往是增值网络的核心部分，其整体表现对企业在全球竞争中取得成功至关重要。因此，许多组织都面临着控制、影响和优化增值网络的挑战，以实现每个公司的最佳利益。增值网络的特点是由自主行为体组成。这些行为体以其基于目标的个体决策行为影响整体行为。因此，通过供应商管理、质量管理和精益管理方法来预测网络的行为和可控性是一项复杂的任务。它还没有明确定义，公司应该通过哪些措施来控制或发展与增值网络中其他行动者的合作，目前研究的主要缺陷是，相互联系和相互依存的公司间生产过程只能部分描述，以及在分析和确定适当的管理措施时没有充分考虑分散的决策结构。该研究项目的首要总目标是为全球增值网络中生产过程的战略管理发展一种概念性评价方法。这一总体目标可分为两个子目标：1。开发一种方法来识别弱点或潜在的改进，这些弱点和改进在成本、时间和质量方面对增值网络的重点公司有系统相关的影响。开发一种方法，用于识别适合增值网络特定配置的控制测量，考虑到它们的特定特征，如分散的决策结构，相互依赖性，权力关系等。为了实现目标，将开发一个基于关键绩效指标的增值网络生产过程描述模型。在考虑基于目标系统的决策结构时，能够更容易地描述具有可变细节级别的复杂流程链。生成的模型将在基于代理的仿真环境中实现。此外，该研究项目的结果将有助于通过汇集不同研究学科的结果并将其引导到实际应用中，从而更好地理解增值网络中的相关性。

European companies are often a central part of value added networks, whose overall performance is crucial for the success of the companies in global competition. Therefore many organizations are faced with the challenge of controlling, influencing and optimizing the value added networks in the best interest of each company.Value added networks can be characterized by their composition of autonomous actors. These actors influence the overall behavior with their individual decision-making behavior, which is based on their targets. Thus, the prediction of the behavior and the controllability of networks, e.g. via approaches from supplier management, quality management as well as lean management methods, is a complex task. It has not yet been clearly defined, through which measurements companies should control or develop their cooperation with other actors in the value added network Main deficits of state of the art research are that the interlinked and interdependent intercompany production processes can yet only partially be described as well as the insufficient consideration of decentralized decision structures in analysis and identification of suitable management measures.The superordinated overall objective of the research project is to develop a conceptual evaluation methodology for the strategic management of production processes in global value added networks. This overall objective can be divided into two sub-targets:1. Development of a methodology for the identification of weak points or potential improvements, which have system-relevant effects on a focal company of the value added network in the dimensions costs, time and quality.2. Development of a methodology for the identification of suitable control measurements for a specific configuration of a value added network, considering their particular characteristics like decentralized decision structures, interdependencies, power relations, etc.In order to achieve the objective, a key performance indicator based description model for production processes in value added networks will be developed, enabling an easier description of complex process chains with variable level of detail while considering target system based decision structures. The resulting model will be implemented in an agent-based simulation environment.Furthermore the results of this research project will contribute to a refined understanding of the correlations in value added networks by bringing together the results of different research disciplines and leading them towards practical application.