The network analysis is a promising approach for assessing the behavior of material flow systems based on large data volumes. Previous studies focus mainly on static network analysis. This means that all the events that occur in a specific time period are aggregated to a single material flow network. As material flow systems are rapidly changing systems, a static view is not sufficient. The aim of this paper is to present existing concepts to obtain such structural changes and to assess their suitability for material flow networks by using real data.
