This paper documents an experiment designed to show the value of simulation in understanding the relationship between production run lengths and overall supply chain performance. ...
David J. Parsons, Robin J. Clark, Kevin L. Payette
Supply chain management involves understanding complex interactions between many factors and using the understanding to achieve balance between conflicting objectives. Simulation ...
In this paper, we examine a supply chain in which a single supplier sells to a downstream retailer. We consider a multi-period model, with the following sequence of events. In per...
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 i...
The aim of this paper is to investigate how different smoothing parameter levels of the Automatic Pipeline Inventory and Order Based Production Control System smoothing replenishm...