Network Design of Integrated E-supply Chain for Agile Manufacturing
| Authors: | Dotoli Mariagrazia, Politecnico di Bari, Italy
Fanti Maria Pia, Politecnico di Bari, Italy
Meloni Carlo, Politecnico di Bari, Italy
Zhou MengChu, New Jersey Institute of Technology, United States |
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| Topic: | 5.2 Manufacturing Modelling for Management and Control |
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| Session: | Supply Chains and Networks |
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| Keywords: | manufacturing systems, agile manufacturing, networks, optimization, performance indices |
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Abstract
Supply chains are distributed manufacturing systems composed of various resources belonging to different companies. The configuration of the supply chain network is essential for business to pursue a competitive advantage. This paper develops a model describing the supply chain network and formulates a multi-criteria integer linear optimization problem to select the candidates and the links connecting the stages of the supply chain. Hence, some multi-criteria objective functions are defined and suited constraints are introduced on the basis of the digraph modelling the supply chain network. The proposed methodology is illustrated by way of a case study describing a network for desktop computer production.
