Schedule coordination in cyber-physical supply networks Industry 4.0

This paper introduces the structure dynamics control concept and a dynamic model to coordinate activities in cyber-physical supply chains in smart manufacturing concepts such as Industry 4.0 where a coordination of services and physical flows is needed. Continuous nature of services in the supply chain makes them similar to continuous production systems. Dynamic coordination of information services, information resources, and business process activities is considered on the scheduling level and modeled as an optimal control problem with uncertainty considerations.