Virtual supply chain configuration : modeling and decision making

This research proposes a virtual supply chain (VSC) framework for fulfilling individual customized orders in cooperation with worldwide partners through the support of advanced information and communication technologies. The rational of a VSC manifests itself through the configuration of legacy supp...

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Main Author: You, Xiao
Other Authors: Jiao Jianxin, Roger
Format: Thesis
Published: 2008
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/5501
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description This research proposes a virtual supply chain (VSC) framework for fulfilling individual customized orders in cooperation with worldwide partners through the support of advanced information and communication technologies. The rational of a VSC manifests itself through the configuration of legacy supply chain networks, in which a large number of varieties and their interdependency regarding product families, process platforms and logistics networks are synthesized coherently. VSC configuration entails the instantiation of a generic supply chain network into various specific supply chain variants in accordance with diverse customer requirements. Systematic and rigorous modeling methodologies are investigated in order to provide support to VSC implementation. A series of formalisms are established to articulate the VSC from an architectural perspective, involving data and information structures, variety configuration, and coordination across different functional areas. A domain-based framework is developed to reveal the coordination issues among product, process and supply chain design. A nested modular approach is developed to model the integration of hierarchical decisions within a VSC. To model the configuration mechanisms within a VSC, the colored Petri net technique is applied, through which dynamic decisions with respect to tradeoffs of various supply chain configuration structures are analyzed consistently.
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spelling ntu-10356/55012023-03-11T18:07:27Z Virtual supply chain configuration : modeling and decision making You, Xiao Jiao Jianxin, Roger School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering DRNTU::Engineering::Industrial engineering::Supply chain This research proposes a virtual supply chain (VSC) framework for fulfilling individual customized orders in cooperation with worldwide partners through the support of advanced information and communication technologies. The rational of a VSC manifests itself through the configuration of legacy supply chain networks, in which a large number of varieties and their interdependency regarding product families, process platforms and logistics networks are synthesized coherently. VSC configuration entails the instantiation of a generic supply chain network into various specific supply chain variants in accordance with diverse customer requirements. Systematic and rigorous modeling methodologies are investigated in order to provide support to VSC implementation. A series of formalisms are established to articulate the VSC from an architectural perspective, involving data and information structures, variety configuration, and coordination across different functional areas. A domain-based framework is developed to reveal the coordination issues among product, process and supply chain design. A nested modular approach is developed to model the integration of hierarchical decisions within a VSC. To model the configuration mechanisms within a VSC, the colored Petri net technique is applied, through which dynamic decisions with respect to tradeoffs of various supply chain configuration structures are analyzed consistently. DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (MAE) 2008-09-17T10:52:12Z 2008-09-17T10:52:12Z 2007 2007 Thesis You, X. (2007). Virtual supply chain configuration : modeling and decision making. Doctoral thesis, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/5501 10.32657/10356/5501 Nanyang Technological University application/pdf
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