A global economy and increase in customer expectations in terms of cost and services have put a premium on effective supply chain reengineering. It is essential to perform risk-benefit analysis of reengineering alternatives before making a final decision. Simulation provides an effective pragmatic approach to detailed analysis and evaluation of supply chain design and management alternatives. H...

In today’s globalization, the success of an industry is dependent on cost effective supply chain management under various markets, logistics and production uncertainties. Uncertainties in the supply chain usually decrease profit, i.e. increase total supply chain cost. Demand uncertainty and constraints posed by the every echelon are important factors to be considered in the supply chain design ...

This paper provides a risk modeling approach for Supply Chain Networks (SCNs) operating under uncertainty. It recognizes three event types to characterize the future SCN environment: random, hazardous and deeply uncertain events. A three-phase hazard modeling approach is proposed. It involves a characterization of SCN hazards in terms of multihazards, vulnerability sources and exposure levels, ...

The purpose of this research is to understand the Wine industry Supply Chain (WSC) structure from a social networks approach. This analysis will identify the appropriate measure of performance of the WSC. To achieve that objective, this paper will at first tackle the supply chain modeling on the one hand through a generic approach, and on the other hand we will propose a WSC representation from...

Uncertainty in Supply Chain Management can lead to unsuitable services to customers, but it can be overcome through having an emergency inventory. Due to high costs of inventory, a general inclination exists towards a minimum inventory. So, one of the objectives of Supply Chain Management is to coordinate all activities throughout the chain, so that simultaneously with reducing commodity invent...

The use of System Dynamics Modeling in Supply Chain Management has only recently re-emerged after a lengthy slack period. Current research on System Dynamics Modelling in supply chain management focuses on inventory decision and policy development, time compression, demand amplification, supply chain design and integration, and international supply chain management. The paper first gives an ove...

The purpose of this paper is to propose a visualization framework for container supply chain by modern information technologies. The concept of container supply chain is studied. The approaches of modeling and visualizing container supply chain are discussed. The model of container based data acquisition is studied. A holistic framework of visualizing container supply chain is built. The paper ...

Conventional supply chain management (SCM) considered only three stages: pre-manufacture, manufacture and use, while the present enterprises and specially the small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) need to consider the sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) for competitive and stability in the market. It means this chain have to consider from birth to death of the products or services. S...

In business modeling the focus is shifting from individual enterprises to the supply chains in which they collaborate. Contemporary business modeling grammars should allow each enterprise taking part in a supply chain to develop its own information system and at the same time support the creation of system interoperability and information sharing amongst business partners in the supply chain. T...