nowadays, in turbulent and violate global markets an agile supply chain (asc) network is frequently considered as a dominant competitive advantage for survival. to achieve the competitive advantage, companies must align with suppliers and customers to streamline operations, as well as agility beyond individual companies. there are many definitions and models about agile supply chain and most of...

regarding to the diversified needs of domestic and global customers and various products of domestic and global competitors, importance of agility in supply chain management becomes more important. suppliers have to provide materials and essential resources of manufacturers in a short time without any lead time.in this research, we identified many criteria for agility in sanitation supply chain...

Many authors and researchers cite Dell’s supply chain as a model of excellence, yet few look at the entire closed-loop supply chain and the prevalent inventory and logistics techniques that enable this complex process to work. The techniques reviewed include – postponement, modularity, vendor managed inventory, supply chain partnerships, and demand management. The analysis involves examining ho...

Simulation is a very useful tool for predicting supply chain performance. Because there are no standard simulation elements that represent accurately the activities in a supply chain, there exist a variety of approaches for developing supply chain simulation models. To improve this situation, this paper describes a novel supply chain simulation framework that follows the Supply Chain Operations...

Supply Chain Operations Reference (SCOR) is a reference model which can be used to design and implement inter-organizational processes of a supply chain. Its implementation assumes a high level of integration between the supply chain partners which reduces their flexibility. The problem of integration requirements may be addressed by enabling the supply chain partners to use their enterprise in...

Simulation is a very useful tool for predicting supply chain performance. Because there are no standard simulation elements that accurately represent the activities in a supply chain, there exist a variety of approaches for developing supply chain simulation models. This paper is an attempt to improve this situation by describing a novel supply chain simulation framework that follows the Supply...