Industrial Management & Data Systems: Volume 116 Issue 2

Integration of customer and supplier flexibility in a make-to-order industry

Yiyo Kuo, Taho Yang, David Parker, Chin-Hsuan Sung

The purpose of this paper is to solve an integration of customer and supplier flexibility problem in a make-to-order (MTO) industry. The flexible strategies, where delivery…

Simulation based decision support system for optimization: A case of Thai logistics service provider

Mohammad Asif Salam, Sami A Khan

– The purpose of this paper is to understand and explain how firms use simulation-based decision support systems (DSSs) to optimize container space utilization.

Developing service supply chains by using agent based simulation

Javad Rouzafzoon, Petri Helo

Agent-based computer simulation gives new possibilities to model service supply chains which combine flow of people, geographical elements, demand patterns and service rates. The…

Collaborate or not? A system dynamics study on disruption recovery

Quan Zhu, Harold Krikke, Marjolein Caniëls

The purpose of this paper is to investigate different combinations of collaboration strategies to deal with different types of supply chain disruptions, find the best combination…

Combining system dynamics and multi-objective optimization with design space reduction

Tehseen Aslam, Amos H C. Ng

The purpose of this paper is to introduce an effective methodology of obtaining Perot-optimal solutions when combining system dynamics (SD) and multi-objective optimization (MOO…

Simulation based method considering design for additive manufacturing and supply chain: An empirical study of lamp industry

Ming-Chuan Chiu, Yi-Hsuan Lin

The purpose of this paper is to develop a decision support tool to use with design for additive manufacturing (DfAM) and design for supply chain (DfSC) such that the Supply Chain…

Simulation based decision support systems in the supply chain context

Per Hilletofth, Olli-Pekka Hilmola, Yacan Wang