Anurag....
Very interesting issue. Implicates integrating SD and DA (decision analysis),
among other concerns, which I have not seen addressed on this list to date.
Cheers......Bill Buchanan
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System dynamics for supply chain managament
Hi Anurag,
Given the fact that Industrial Dynamics is probably the first good study
of a real multi-company supply chain in action it is strange indeed that
in the world of supply chain research so much attention is paid to
conventional OR/MS type of analysis and so little to SD analysis. And
even fewer research projects attempt to combine the two.
In the first category (SD for SCM but without conventional OR/MS) UK
researchers Towill and Main have been quite active, see e.g.
Towill, D.R., Main, M.M., Wilkner, J. (1992) : "Industrial Dynamics
Simulation Models in the Design of Supply Chains", International Journal
of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management, 22, 5.
In the second category I personally have had quite some good
experiences. What me and my partners in crime have found especially
fruitful is to use a system dynamics model for a good broad analysis of
overall system behavior and then to apply specific OR/MS techniques on
certain problematic areas.
For instance, I once used a discrete simulation model to analyse
detailed order desk operations after identifying in a system dynamics
model of the integral supply chain that speed in this particular part of
the overall supply chain would be crucial for overall performance (c.f.
Akkermans 1995).
Perhaps I should mention that we are more or less campaigning here in
Europe to get the Production and Operations Management area as a whole
to pay more attention to SD and what it can offer to them.
Here are some specific references:
Akkermans, H.A. (1995) "Developing A Logistics Strategy Through
Participative Business Modelling", International Journal of Operations &
Production Management Vol. 15, No. 11, pp. 100-112.
Vos, G.C.J.M., and Akkermans, H.A. (1996), "Capturing the Dynamics of
Facility Allocation, International Journal of Operations & Production
Management Vol. 16, No. 11, pp. 57-70.
Akkermans, H.A., Bertrand, W.J.M. (1997) "On the Usability of
Quantitative Modelling in Operations Strategy Decision Making",
International Journal of Operations & Production Management Vol. 17 Nr
10, pp. 953-966.
Henk Akkermans
Henk.Akkermans@nl.origin-it.com
tel. +31 76 548 48 48 mobile: +31 653 52 09 38
fax +31 76 542 24 24
Given the fact that Industrial Dynamics is probably the first good study
of a real multi-company supply chain in action it is strange indeed that
in the world of supply chain research so much attention is paid to
conventional OR/MS type of analysis and so little to SD analysis. And
even fewer research projects attempt to combine the two.
In the first category (SD for SCM but without conventional OR/MS) UK
researchers Towill and Main have been quite active, see e.g.
Towill, D.R., Main, M.M., Wilkner, J. (1992) : "Industrial Dynamics
Simulation Models in the Design of Supply Chains", International Journal
of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management, 22, 5.
In the second category I personally have had quite some good
experiences. What me and my partners in crime have found especially
fruitful is to use a system dynamics model for a good broad analysis of
overall system behavior and then to apply specific OR/MS techniques on
certain problematic areas.
For instance, I once used a discrete simulation model to analyse
detailed order desk operations after identifying in a system dynamics
model of the integral supply chain that speed in this particular part of
the overall supply chain would be crucial for overall performance (c.f.
Akkermans 1995).
Perhaps I should mention that we are more or less campaigning here in
Europe to get the Production and Operations Management area as a whole
to pay more attention to SD and what it can offer to them.
Here are some specific references:
Akkermans, H.A. (1995) "Developing A Logistics Strategy Through
Participative Business Modelling", International Journal of Operations &
Production Management Vol. 15, No. 11, pp. 100-112.
Vos, G.C.J.M., and Akkermans, H.A. (1996), "Capturing the Dynamics of
Facility Allocation, International Journal of Operations & Production
Management Vol. 16, No. 11, pp. 57-70.
Akkermans, H.A., Bertrand, W.J.M. (1997) "On the Usability of
Quantitative Modelling in Operations Strategy Decision Making",
International Journal of Operations & Production Management Vol. 17 Nr
10, pp. 953-966.
Henk Akkermans
Henk.Akkermans@nl.origin-it.com
tel. +31 76 548 48 48 mobile: +31 653 52 09 38
fax +31 76 542 24 24