Abstract
In manufacturing, fluctuations in production occur along the value-adding chain due to changes in customer orders or process failures. In the heterogeneous environment of supplier and customer relations assembly integrates material flows. Assembly is therefore highly susceptible to fluctuations in supply. In order to avoid delays due to parts in short supply, or long queues, the supplier and transportation agency must be an integral part of assembly control. In this paper, an agent-based approach is introduced to achieve a smooth balance between supply, transport and assembly. Agents act according to a predetermined set of rules and know which other agents to turn to when fluctuations in production occur. The assembly of motor-cars is taken as an example to illustrate this approach.
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