Exploring the Manufacturing Reshoring Decision-Making Process Using System Dynamics

Reshoring manufacturing is a strategic decision because of its cost, implications, and complexity. Existing models have largely focused on cost aspects in reshoring decisions are considered limited assisting practitioners the decision-making process. Variables like quality been most important, whereas environment sustainability seem not priority, arguing for myopic nature these decisions. Therefore, this study employs system dynamics (SD) to expand practitioners’ mental To do so, first, variables heuristics retrieved from literature. Next, an industry expert interviewed practitioner’s input. Finally, descriptive SD model built by connecting heuristics. The findings indicate that behavior dynamic over time. Furthermore, inter-linked, resulting non-linear, multi-caused presented allows incorporating sometimes difficult quantify provides holistic view variables, their relationships, complexities, involved This contributes literature using perspective process proposing decision-making. assists expanding regarding It further argued proposed may work as generic steppingstone develop company-specific feedback-oriented support processes future research topic.