Exact and heuristic methods for integrated supply chain design reliability analysis

Dmitry Ivanov, Alexander Pavlov and Boris Sokolov

International Journal of Integrated Supply Management, 2016, vol. 10, issue 2, 206-224

Abstract: The ability to execute supply chains (SC) operations (in other words, to survive) despite the disturbances caused by a disruption is considered as SC design reliability. In the scope of this research is the analysis of what SC elements will survive (i.e., be in operation) after a disruption. In this study, we take the managerial perspective of the integrated SC and suggest the genome concept and its dual analogue to quantify the SC structure reliability. This method allows determining the upper bound and the approximate lower bound of the SC reliability. This result can be used by SC managers to compare different SC designs regarding the reliability. Subsequently, we extend the structure reliability analysis towards the trade-off 'reliability vs. efficiency'. In particular, it is shown that different forms of SC design structures with similar efficiency may significantly differ regarding reliability.

Keywords: supply chain design; structure dynamics; supply chain disruptions; reliability assessment; ripple effect; graph theory; genome; integrated supply chains; supply chain reliability; supply chain management; SCM; supply chain efficiency. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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