Is there consensus about the role of product design as the leading function in the supply chain? Not yet! This article introduces the topic of integrating decisions in product and supply chain design and gives a short glimpse on the “how to implement” part.
Submitted by Daniel Dumke on Wed, 2010-12-01 11:06
Today is the first anniversary of this blog so I wanted to take the time for some review of the insights I gained during this time.
History / Statistics
Exactly one year ago I started this blog, with the goal to publish interesting results from research and to foster an open exchange between research and business. Furthermore I wanted to generate an continuous output to monitor my own progress during my research and keep a public log of selected articles.
After the last more general entries on managers perception of risk and measuring SC performance I wanted to make a detour back to the basics.
Simulation is one of the tools, which can be used for analyzing supply chain dynamics, optimization and to support corporate decision making.
Submitted by Daniel Dumke on Wed, 2010-11-24 17:49
Paper
Supply Chain Design: Capacity, Flexibility and Wholesale Price Strategies
Published In:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dissertation
Year:
2000
This is the forth contribution to my series on doctoral dissertations on Supply Chain Risk Management. An immense effort and dedication is spent on these works only to find the results hidden in the libraries. So the goal is raise interest in the research of my peers.
Submitted by Daniel Dumke on Tue, 2010-11-23 14:30
I stumbled upon a Webinar which touches the topic of Supply Chain Risks, in this case: “Removing the Risks and Profiting from a Sustainable Supply Chain“.
It will be conducted by a small consulting firm (SD&S, Main Speaker is Jos Darmanata). Here are the facts:
