Title data
Häckel, Björn ; Dorsch, Christoph:
Integrating Business Partners On Demand : The Effect on Capacity Planning for Cost Driven Support Processes.
In: Sprague, Ralph H.
(ed.):
45th Hawaii International Conference on System Science : (HICSS 2012) ; Maui, Hawaii, USA, 4-7 January 2012. Volume 6. -
Piscataway, NJ
: IEEE
,
2012
. - pp. 4796-4805
ISBN 978-1-4577-1925-7
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.2012.333
Abstract in another language
Capacity planning for business processes is still a major challenge. Technology enabling on demand integration of business partners handling peak load at short notice may help. We model a three-stage supply chain with a service provider receiving demand from its customers usually executed by an in-house unit. Alternatively the demand can be routed to external business partners if these offer capacity and a preferable execution. Then the capacity planning problem of the service provider is examined: In what way does this "on demand integration capability" affect the optimal level of in-house capacity? The model consists of two separate queuing systems (in-house unit and external business partners) along with their relevant cost functions. Furthermore a routing algorithm is developed. It evaluates both systems for every incoming order and decides about routing to the preferable one. To derive results a discrete-event simulation is necessary performed within a case study of the securities trading and settlement process. Three insights are gained: There are situations where on demand integration leads to reduced optimal capacity. Furthermore the risk of allocating an inappropriate amount of capacity can be reduced as well as the total operating costs of the business process.
Further data
Item Type: | Article in a book |
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Refereed: | Yes |
Institutions of the University: | Faculties > Faculty of Law, Business and Economics > Department of Business Administration Research Institutions Research Institutions > Affiliated Institutes Research Institutions > Affiliated Institutes > Fraunhofer Project Group Business and Information Systems Engineering Research Institutions > Affiliated Institutes > FIM Research Center Finance & Information Management Faculties Faculties > Faculty of Law, Business and Economics |
Result of work at the UBT: | No |
DDC Subjects: | 000 Computer Science, information, general works > 004 Computer science 300 Social sciences > 330 Economics |
Date Deposited: | 13 Mar 2019 07:24 |
Last Modified: | 12 Apr 2022 13:38 |
URI: | https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/47962 |