Risk Management in self controlled logistic processes

摘要

Modifications of product life cycles, company structures and information flows alter the requirements for logistic processes. Logistic processes are facing new challenges. These developments are caused through the evolution of virtual organisations and the increasing maturity of new ICT technologies like RFID and ubiquitous computing. The rising complexity of organisational structures leads to an increasing utilisation of existing processes. To coordinate all these processes, an increasing demand of required information for just in time deliverables is needed. These requirements exceed the abilities of existing standard logistic processes. To fulfil future needs in logistics, the development of adaptive, self controlled logistic processes is necessary. This can be realised through autonomous, decentralised control systems, which select alternatives autonomously and decide within a given framework of goals. Experiences show, that a high number of autonomously acting objects lead to an increased sensitivity and higher risk. Direct disturbances of the processes caused by anthropogenic risks and natural hazards have to be identified and reduced by a pro active risk management system. To develop such a suitable risk management system, a holistic risk term has to be defined, which contains technical, economic and sustainability aspects.