Logistic problems can rarely be solved satisfyingly within one single scientific discipline. This cross-sectional character is taken into account by the Research Cluster for Dynamics in Logistics with a combination of economical, information and production technical and enterprise-oriented research approaches. In doing so, the interdisciplinary cooperation between university, research institutes and enterprises for the solution of logistic problems is encouraged.

This book comprises the edited proceedings of the first International Conference on Dynamics in Logistics LDIC 2007. The scope of the conference was concerned with the identification, analysis, and description of the dynamics of logistic processes and networks. The spectrum reached from the planning and modelling of processes over innovative methods like autonomous control and knowledge management to the new technologies provided by radio frequency identification, mobile communication, and networking.

Two invited papers and of 42 contributed papers on various subjects give an state-of-art overview on dynamics in logistics. They include routing in dynamic logistic networks, RFID in logistics and manufacturing networks, supply chain control policies, sustainable collaboration, knowledge management and service models in logistics, container logistics, autonomous control in logistics, and logistic process modelling.

Invited Papers

Challenges in Design of Heterarchical Controls for Dynamic Logistic Systems
Making the Business Case for RFID
General Aspects of Dynamics in Logistics
Review of Trends in Production and Logistic Networks and Supply Chain Evaluation
Dynamic Data Mining for Improved Forecasting in Logistics and Supply Chain Management
Introducing Bounded Rationality into Self-Organization-Based Semiconductor Manufacturing
Routing in Dynamic Logistics Networks
Travel Time Estimation and Deadlock-free Routing of an AGV System
Integration of Routing and Resource Allocation in Dynamic Logistic Networks
Dynamic Vehicle Routing with Drivers' Working Hours
RFID in Logistics and Manufacturing Networks
A Survey of RFID Awareness and Use in the UK Logistics Industry
RFID-Based Intelligent Logistics for Distributed Production Networks
Methodology for Development and Objective Comparison of Architectures for Networked RFID
Supply Chain Control Policies
Determining Optimal Control Policies for Supply Networks Under Uncertainty
Adaptive Production and Inventory Control in Supply Chains against Changing Demand Uncertainty
A Framework of Adaptive Control for Complex Production and Logistics Networks
Mechanisms of Instability in Small-Scale Manufacturing Networks
Decentralized Decision-making in Supply Chains
Aspects of Agent Based Planning in the Demand Driven Railcab Scenario
Merging Time of Random Mobile Agents
Dynamic Decision Making on Embedded Platforms in Transport Logistics - A Case Study
The Global RF Lab Alliance: Research and Applications
The Value of RF Based Information
Reengineering and Simulation of an RFID Manufacturing System
LIT Middleware: Design and Implementation of RFID Middleware Based on the EPC Network Architecture
Shelf Life Prediction by Intelligent RFID - Technical Limits of Model Accuracy
Sustainable Collaboration
Effects of Autonomous Cooperation on the Robustness of International Supply Networks - Contributions and Limitations for the Management of External Dynamics in Complex Systems
Sustainability and Effectiveness in Global Supply Chains: Toward an Approach Based on a Long-term Learning Process
Risk Management in Dynamic Logistic Systems by Agent Based Autonomous Objects
Knowledge Management and Service Models in Logistics
Knowledge Management in Intermodal Logistics Networks
Knowledge Management in Food Supply Chains
Service Models for a Small-sized Logistics Service Provider - A Case Study from Finland
Container Logistics
A Framework for Integrating Planning Activities in Container Terminals
Electronic Seals for Efficient Container Logistics
Towards Autonomous Logistics: Conceptual, Spatial and Temporal Criteria for Container Cooperation
Distributed Process Control by Smart Containers
Autonomous Control in Logistics
Autonomous Units for Communication-based Dynamic Scheduling
Autonomously Controlled Adaptation of Formal Decision Models - Comparison of Generic Approaches
Clustering in Autonomous Cooperating Logistic Processes
Application of Small Gain Type Theorems in Logistics of Autonomous Processes
Next Generation Supply Chain Concepts
Web-service Based Integration of Multi-organizational Logistic Process
An Approach for the Integration of Data Within Complex Logistics Systems
Developing a Measurement Instrument for Supply Chain Event Management-Adoption
Developing a Security Event Management System for Intermodal Transport
Logistic Processes Modelling
Autonomous Control of a Shop Floor Based on Bee's Foraging Behaviour
Proof Principles of CSP - CSP-Prover in Practice
Application of Markov Drift Processes to Logistical Systems Modeling
Analysis of Decentral Order-picking Control Concepts.