A review of integrated supply chain network design models: Key issues for vaccine supply chains

2016 ◽  
Vol 109 ◽  
pp. 366-384 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stef Lemmens ◽  
Catherine Decouttere ◽  
Nico Vandaele ◽  
Mauro Bernuzzi
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Network Design ◽  
Supply Chain Network Design ◽  
Supply Chain Network ◽  
Design Models ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Integrated Supply Chain

Petroleum Supply Chain Network Design

2012 ◽  
pp. 269-289
Author(s):  
Avninder Gill
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Network Design ◽  
Emerging Economies ◽  
Distribution Network ◽  
Product Distribution ◽  
Supply Chain Network Design ◽  
Supply Chain Network ◽  
Gas Station ◽  
Local Companies

Product distribution represents a significant portion of logistics costs. A well designed distribution network may provide substantial long-term benefits, but as the infrastructure develops, the optimal strategy may not be taken for granted. Product distribution costs are dependent on the supply chain network design, and the issue assumes more importance in emerging economies. When the emerging economies mature with time, both the supply as well as demand points shift, thus making it necessary to re-visit the network design problem in the future. This case analyses the supply chain retail network design of a company that distributes petroleum products throughout the Sultanate of Oman. The network design strategy employs an optimization model to identify the depot locations and gas station allocations in its distribution network. The case leads to identify the petroleum depot locations and gas station allocations and allows for designing an efficient distribution system. Additionally, the case study provides an opportunity to explore the major challenges faced by the petroleum supply chains in emerging economies. These challenges include changed business scenarios due to the diversification agenda of these economies, memberships in trade organizations and bilateral agreements, emergence of additional competition, lowering or elimination of tariffs, less protectionism of the local companies, and other risks associated with the supply chains.

scholarly journals A Simulation-based Optimization Approach to Logistic and Supply Chain Network Design

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (97) ◽  
pp. 284-318
Author(s):  
Michael C. Jones ◽  
Thomas A. Mazzuchi ◽  
Shahram Sarkani
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Network Design ◽  
Network Design Problem ◽  
Optimization Approach ◽  
Supply Chain Network Design ◽  
Supply Chain Network ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Simulation Based ◽  
Simulation Based Optimization

The Department of Defense (DoD) operates a world-wide supply chain, which in 2017 contained nearly 5 million items collectively valued at over $90 billion. Since at least 1990, designing and operating this supply chain, and adapting it to ever-changing military requirements, are highly complex and tightly coupled problems, which the highest levels of DoD recognize as weaknesses. Military supply chains face a wide range of challenges. Decisions made at the operational and tactical levels of logistics can alter the effectiveness of decisions made at the strategic level. Decisions must be made with incomplete information. As a result, practical solutions must simultaneously incorporate decisions made at all levels as well as take into account the uncertainty faced by the logistician. The design of modern military supply chains, particularly for large networks where many values are not known precisely, is recognized as too complex for many techniques found in the academic literature. Much of the literature in supply chain network design makes simplifying assumptions, such as constant per-unit transportation costs regardless of the size of the shipment, the shipping mode selected, the time available for the delivery, or the route taken. This article avoids these assumptions to provide an approach the practitioner can use when designing and adapting supply chain networks. This research proposes a simulation-based optimization approach to find a near-optimal solution to a large supply chain network design problem of the scale faced by a theater commander, while recognizing the complexity and uncertainty that the practicing military logistician must deal with.

scholarly journals Introducing Risk Considerations into the Supply Chain Network Design

Processes ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 743 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ernest Benedito ◽  
Carme Martínez-Costa ◽  
Sergio Rubio
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Network Design ◽  
Service Level ◽  
Risk Identification ◽  
Assessment Procedure ◽  
Supply Chain Network Design ◽  
Supply Chain Network ◽  
The One

Supply chains (SC) aim to provide products to the final customer at a certain service level. However, unforeseen events occur that impede supply chain objectives. SC Risk has been studied in the literature, providing frameworks and methodologies to manage SC failures. Nevertheless, more efforts are needed to prevent hazardous and disruptive risks and their consequences. These risks must be considered during the process of designing a supply chain. Some methodological contributions concerning risk in the supply chain network design (SCND) are conceptual frameworks for mitigating SC disruptions, which suggest strategies and measures for designing robust and resilient SCs. Although such contributions are valuable, they do not indicate how to cope with risk when designing a SC. The main objective of this research is to describe a methodology aimed at including risk considerations into the SCND. Our proposal aims to be, on the one hand, a comprehensive approach that includes a risk identification and assessment procedure in each of the stages of the SCND process and, on the other hand, a tool for decision-making in SC design or redesign processes when SC risks need to be considered. The methodology proposed is an extension of a SCND methodology including risk considerations in order to improve the performance of the supply chains. A case study illustrates how the proposed methodological works, achieving the identification of SC risks already observed in previous works.

Supply Chain Network Design Models for a Circular Economy

2020 ◽  
pp. 247-265
Author(s):  
Sreejith Balasubramanian ◽  
Mahshad Gharehdash ◽  
Mahnoush Gharehdash ◽  
Vinaya Shukla ◽  
Arvind Upadhyay
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Network Design ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Supply Chain Network Design ◽  
Supply Chain Network ◽  
Design Models
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