LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN CONFERENCE | Year:2006 | دوره:2 |Papers Count:8

THIS ARTICLE INTENDS TO CLASSIFY SUPPLY CHAINS BASED ON NEW CONCEPTS. WE WILL INTRODUCE A NEW CONCEPT CALLED SUPPLY NETWORK WHICH SIMPLIFIES THE COMPLEX PROCESS OF SUPPLY CHAIN AS A MULTIDIMENSIONAL FLUID CONCEPT. THE ARTICULATION OF SUPPLY NETWORKS, AS AN EXTENSION OF SUPPLY CHAINS, SEEKS TO ACCOMMODATE AND EXPLAIN THE COMMERCIAL COMPLEXITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE CREATION AND DELIVERY OF GOODS AND SERVICES FROM THE SOURCE OF RAW MATERIALS TO THEIR DESTINATION IN END-CUSTOMER MARKETS. SUPPLY NETWORKS DIFFER SUBSTANTIALLY ACCORDING TO THE TYPE OF PRODUCT BEING SUPPLIED. EVENTUALLY WE WILL PROPOSE A FRAMEWORK FOR CLASSIFYING SUPPLY NETWORKS; WE DISTINGUISH A MATRIX OF FOUR TYPES OF SUPPLY NETWORK. THIS CLASSIFICATION SUPPORTS AND DEVELOPS FISHER'S ARGUMENT THAT THE SUPPLY CHAIN FOR AN INNOVATIVE PRODUCT SHOULD BE DIFFERENT FROM THAT OF A FUNCTIONAL PRODUCT DUE TO DIFFERENCES IN DEMAND PATTERNS.

RFID IN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT IS THE LEADING COST-SAVING AND REVENUE ENHANCEMENT PROCESS IN USE TODAY. THE PRESENT FORWARD TREND IN THE RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION TECHNOLOGY CANNOT BE IGNORED. THE EXTRA INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE RFID TAGS VERSUS THE BAR CODE SYSTEMS BRINGS THE EXTRA RESOLUTION WHICH WHEN COMBINED INTO THE SCM SOFTWARE WOULD HELP THE DECISION MAKERS. THE EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF RFID IN SUPPLY CHAIN CAN SAVE THE COMPANY MILLIONS. THE REDUCED TIME IN PROCESSING AND LABOR ARE SOME OF THOSE FACTORS.

E-SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT HAS REDEFINED HOW COMPANIES WILL COMPETE FOR THEIR CUSTOMERS. BUT WITHOUT AN E-SUPPLY CHAIN ROADMAP, THE DIRECTION YOU TAKE MAY NOT GET YOU TO THE DESIRED DESTINATION. THESE PAPERS INTRODUCE A ROAD MAP TOWARD GOING FROM SCM TO E-SCM AND PROPOSE A WAY TO REDUCE FAIL IN THIS IMPLEMENTATION E-SCM PROJECT.

THE SUPPLY CHAIN IS A WORLDWIDE NETWORK OF SUPPLIERS, FACTORIES, WAREHOUSES, DISTRIBUTION CENTERS, AND RETAILERS THROUGH WHICH RAW MATERIALS ARE ACQUIRED, TRANSFORMED, AND DELIVERED TO CUSTOMERS. SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT (SCM) IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO THE MANUFACTURING AND RETAILING INDUSTRIES. IN RECENT YEARS, A NEW SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE FOR MANAGING THE SUPPLY CHAIN AT THE TACTICAL AND OPERATIONAL LEVELS HAS EMERGED.IT VIEWS THE SUPPLY CHAIN AS COMPOSED OF A SET OF INTELLIGENT SOFTWARE AGENTS, EACH RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE OR MORE ACTIVITIES IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN AND EACH INTERACTING WITH OTHER AGENTS IN THE PLANNING AND EXECUTION OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES.THIS PAPER INVESTIGATES ISSUES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF SUCH AN AGENT-ORIENTED SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE.

IN THIS PAPER WE CONSIDER THE KNOWLEDGE FLOW IN SUPPLY CHAIN INSTEAD OF MATERIAL, MONEY AND INFORMATION FLOWS. THE PURPOSE OF THE PAPER IS TO SUGGEST A CONCEPTUAL MODEL ABOUT KNOWLEDGE FLOW IN SUPPLY CHAIN. WE SHOWS IN THIS PAPER HOW KM ACTIVITIES CREATE VALUE IN SUPPLY CHAIN. IN OUR PERSPECTIVE SUPPLY CHAINS ARE COMPETING TO CAPTURE KNOWLEDGE FROM ENVIRONMENT AND USE IT TO GAIN COMPETITIVENESS. DIFFERENT PARTNERS IN SUPPLY CHAIN COLLABORATE IN KNOWLEDGE CREATION; SHARE AND USE. AND COMPETE WITH OTHERS IN THE RATE OF EXTERNALIZATION OF THE KNOWLEDGE IN THEIR ORGANIZATION.

LEAN AND AGILE ARE NOT MATURELY EXCLUSIVE APPROACHES AND THEIR APPLICATION SHOULD BE HEURISTIC. THEIR MARRIAGE MIGHT PROVIDE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES. IN ORDER TO DEVELOP THE MARKET, APPLICATION OF THESE APPROACHES SIMULTANEOUSLY SHOULD CONSIDER SUPPLY CHAIN FLEXIBILITY DIMENSIONS. THOSE WHICH HAVE MORE IMPACT ON MARKET SHARE EXPANSION. FLEXIBILITY IS A KEY FEATURE OF AN AGILE NETWORK IN UNCERTAINTY. IN THIS PAPER SUPPLY CHAIN FLEXIBILITY EXTENTS ARE INTRODUCED. THE IMPACT OF MOST IMPORTANT SC FLEXIBILITY COMPONENTS ON FIRM’S PERFORMANCES IS EXPLORED.

IN THE LITERATURE, OPTIMIZATION MODELS DEAL WITH PLANNING AND SCHEDULING OF SEVERAL SUBSYSTEMS OF THE PETROLEUM SUPPLY CHAIN SUCH AS OILFIELD INFRASTRUCTURE, CRUDE OIL SUPPLY, REFINERY OPERATIONS AND PRODUCT TRANSPORTATION. THE FOCUS OF THE PRESENT WORK IS TO PROPOSE A GENERAL FRAMEWORK FOR MODELING PETROLEUM SUPPLY CHAINS. PARTICULAR FRAMEWORKS ARE PROPOSED TO STORAGE TANKS AND PIPELINES. NODES OF THE CHAIN ARE CONSIDERED AS GROUPED ELEMENTARY ENTITIES THAT ARE INTERCONNECTED BY INTERMEDIATE STREAMS. THE COMPLEX TOPOLOGY IS THEN BUILT BY CONNECTING THE NODES REPRESENTING REFINERIES, TERMINALS AND PIPELINE NETWORKS. DECISION VARIABLES INCLUDE STREAM FLOW RATES, PROPERTIES, OPERATIONAL VARIABLES, INVENTORY AND FACILITIES ASSIGNMENT. THE RESULTING MULTI PERIOD MODEL IS A LARGE-SCALE MINLP. THE PROPOSED MODEL IS APPLIED TO A REAL-WORLD CORPORATION AND RESULTS SHOW MODEL PERFORMANCE BY ANALYZING DIFFERENT SCENARIOS.

OUTSOURCING AND GLOBALIZATION HAVE INCREASINGLY LED TO HIGHER SUPPLY CHAINS COMPLEXITY. THIS AFFECTS THE RISKS, REVOLUTIONIZING IT AND CHANGING ITS LOCATION IN SUPPLY CHAINS. THIS PAPER OUTLINES THE GENERAL STRUCTURE OF THE RISK MANAGEMENT PROCESS IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT. THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE IS TO DESCRIBE HOW A COMPANY COULD MANAGE AND ASSESS THE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH NETWORKING.