Modelling and simulation of a supply chain in an uncertain environment
โ Scribed by Dobrila Petrovic; Rajat Roy; Radivoj Petrovic
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 206 KB
- Volume
- 109
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0377-2217
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โฆ Synopsis
This paper describes fuzzy modelling and simulation of a supply chain (SC) in an uncertain environment, as the ยฎrst step in developing a decision support system. An SC is viewed as a series of facilities that performs the procurement of raw material, its transformation to intermediate and end-products, and distribution and selling of the end-products to customers. All the facilities in the SC are coupled and interrelated in a way that decisions made at one facility aect the performance of others. SC fuzzy models and a simulator cover operational SC control. The objective is to determine the stock levels and order quantities for each inventory in an SC during a ยฎnite time horizon to obtain an acceptable delivery performance at a reasonable total cost for the whole SC. Two sources of uncertainty inherent in the external environment in which the SC operates were identiยฎed and modelled: customer demand and external supply of raw material. They were interpreted and represented by fuzzy sets. In addition to the fuzzy SC models, a special SC simulator was developed. The SC simulator provides a dynamic view of the SC and assesses the impact of decisions recommended by the SC fuzzy models on SC performance.
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