A mathematical modelling approach for managing sudden disturbances in a three-tier manufacturing supply chain

Sanjoy Kumar Paul (), Ruhul Sarker, Daryl Essam and Paul Tae-Woo Lee
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Sanjoy Kumar Paul: University of Technology Sydney
Ruhul Sarker: The University of New South Wales
Daryl Essam: The University of New South Wales
Paul Tae-Woo Lee: Zhejiang University

Annals of Operations Research, 2019, vol. 280, issue 1, No 13, 299-335

Abstract: Abstract This paper aims to develop a recovery planning approach in a three-tier manufacturing supply chain, which has a single supplier, manufacturer, and retailer under an imperfect production environment, in which we consider three types of sudden disturbances: demand fluctuation, and disruptions to production and raw material supply, which are not known in advance. Firstly, a mathematical model is developed for generating an ideal plan under imperfect production for a finite planning horizon while maximizing total profit, and then we re-formulate the model to generate the recovery plan after happening of each sudden disturbance. Considering the high commercial cost and computational intensity and complexity of this problem, we propose an efficient heuristic, to obtain a recovery plan, for each disturbance type, for a finite future period, after the occurrence of a disturbance. The heuristic solutions are compared with a standard solution technique for a considerable number of random test instances, which demonstrates the trustworthy performance of the developed heuristics. We also develop another heuristic for managing the combined effects of multiple sudden disturbances in a period. Finally, a simulation approach is proposed to investigate the effects of different types of disturbance events generated randomly. We present several numerical examples and random experiments to explicate the benefits of our developed approaches. Results reveal that in the event of sudden disturbances, the proposed mathematical and heuristic approaches are capable of generating recovery plans accurately and consistently.

Keywords: Supply chain disruption; Quantitative recovery plan; Sudden disturbance; Heuristic; Demand fluctuation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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