No firm can control all areas of their supply chain. Product architecture is a crucial element of value analysis in supply chain management (SCM). In this article, we explore the following research questions: (1) What is the relationship between product architecture and SCM practices? (2) How can we apply this framework to business practices? To analyze our research topics, we will show a frame...

This paper presents an extended abstract of the author’s doctoral research project on developing a multi-agent intelligent system for automatic managing supply chains. Supply chain management (SCM) is a very complex and dynamic environment. The doctoral work, which started in October 2005, is dedicated to finding better solutions for successful performance in the domain of real-time SCM.

Supply Chain Management (SCM) refers to the problems where the decisions of supply, production and demand are integrated in a single framework. A typical supply chain faces uncertainty in terms of supply, production and demand. Therefore, SCM is largely about managing uncertainty and risks. This paper introduces a simulationand optimisation-based decision support system that helps the scheduler...

Resource allocation (RA) and supplier selection (SS) are two major decision problems regarding supply chain management (SCM). A supply chain manager may solve these problems by considering a single criterion, for instance, costs, customer satisfaction, or delivery time. Applying analytic hierarchy process (AHP), the supply chain manager may combine such criteria to enhance a compromised solutio...

Supply chains are ubiquitous in the manufacturing of many complex products. Traditionally, supply chains have been created through the interactions of human representatives of the companies involved, but advances in autonomous agent technologies have sparked an interest in automating the process. The Trading Agent Competition Supply Chain Management (TAC SCM) scenario provides a unique testbed ...

Abstract Purpose-The purpose of this paper is to review a sample of the literature relating to Interpretive Structural Modelling (ISM) and its deployment for modelling purposes in the area of supply chain management (SCM). Design/methodology/approach- The literature is examined from the three perspectives. First, concept of ISM and examines ISM as modelling technique. Second, use of ISM by ...

–Supply Chain Management emerged as one of the most powerful business improvement tool available today. A number of SCM practices such as supplier, customer, ERP, subcontracting, E-procurement, EDI, E-commerce have been addressed in Indian manufacturing industries and a conceptual model was formulated based on previous literature and a questionnaire developed, survey was performed. This paper e...

Supply chains increasingly have to cope with heterogeneous customer needs related to the performance areas of supply chain management (SCM), e.g. delivery reliability, delivery time, and availability. ‘One-size-fits-all’ supply chains that are predominant in reality are often not very effective and efficient. In order to better meet customer needs, supply chains can be segmented so that they ha...

This article presents a probabilistic security model for supply chain management systems (SCM) in which the basic goals of security (including confidentiality, integrity, availability and accountability, CIAA) are modeled and analyzed. Consequently, the weak points in system security are identified. A stochastic model using measurable values to describe the information system security of a SCM ...

Globalization of the economy, e-business, and introduction of new technologies pose new challenges to all organizations especially for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). In this scenario, successful implementation of supply chain management (SCM) can give SMEs an edge over their competitors. However, SMEs in India and other developing countries face problems in SCM implementation due to lack ...