The paper describes the production planning model of the whole supply chain and the ICT (Information and Communication Technology) pilot implementation in the experience of Aprilia, the famous Italian motorcycle firm. The management model is based on a master production plan with increasing details and on a capacity requirements planning of the critical suppliers. An innovative ICT solution, ba...

Flexible and dynamic supply chain network design problem has been studied by many researchers during past years. Since integration of short-term and long-term decisions in strategic planning leads to more reliable plans, in this paper a multi-objective model for a sustainable closed-loop supply chain network design problem is proposed. The planning horizon of this model contains multiple strate...

As today’s supply chain (SC) networks are globalized complex systems planning and optimizing SC processes is harder than ever. Unexpected deviations and disruptions can lead to devastating and far-reaching consequences. Hence, the management of SC risk (SCR) is of fundamental importance. The literature on SCR is, however, mostly of anecdotic nature; only few authors present empirical research. ...

In the last years several software vendors such as I2, Manugistics, SAP and others have started to develop and sell so-called Advanced Planning Systems (APS). They claim to support the integrated, capacity-focused and optimal planning of operations in complex global supply chains. For a practical planner it is often not clear, what these APS really do, as the specific type of planning model and...