Control towers can provide real-time information on logistic processes to support decision making. The question however, is how to make use of it and how much it may save. We consider this issue for a company supplying expensive spare parts which has limited production capacity. Besides deciding...

The European design rules for steel structures in EN1993 cover various failure modes and were developed using different methodologies with respect to accuracy and safety. Consequently, the safety level of these rules is neither homogeneous throughout their field of application, nor across the...