We consider a firm that faces random demand and receives product from a single supplier who faces random supply. The supplier's availability may be affected by events such as...
Effectively managing a supply chain requires visibility to detect unexpected variations in the dynamics of the supply chain environment at an early stage. This paper proposes a me...
Alfonso Sarmiento, Luis Rabelo, Ramamoorthy Lakkoj...
In this paper we present a general framework for simulating and optimizing the operational decisions in a supply chain network. We developed a supply chain network library for the...
Tactical and operational planning for manufacturing enterprises are more important today than ever before as their supply chains span the globe. Two state-of-the-art technologies ...
Nowadays, in a hotly competitive environment, companies are continuously trying to provide products and/or services to customers faster, cheaper, and better than the competitors d...