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Design of six sigma supply chains

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Design of six sigma supply chains
Abstract—Variability reduction and business process synchronization are acknowledged as key to achieving sharp and timely deliveries in supply chain networks. In this paper, we introduce a new notion, which we call six sigma supply chains to describe and quantify supply chains with sharp and timely deliveries, and develop an innovative approach for designing such networks. The approach developed in this paper is founded on an intriguing connection between mechanical design tolerancing and supply chain lead time compression. We show that design of six sigma supply chains can be formulated as a mathematical programming problem, opening up a rich, new framework for studying supply chain design optimization problems. To show the efficacy of the notion and the design methodology, we focus on a design optimization problem, which we call as the Inventory Optimization (IOPT) problem. Given a multistage supply chain network, the IOPT problem seeks to find optimal allocation of lead time var...
Dinesh Garg, Yadati Narahari, Nukala Viswanadham
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Type Conference
Year 2003
Where ICRA
Authors Dinesh Garg, Yadati Narahari, Nukala Viswanadham
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