Using System Dynamics Modeling for Conditioning Process in Supply Chain

摘要：

Conditioning is one of the methods used to address imbalances between supply and demand in supply chains. Under periodic review policy, when the imbalance is beyond certain threshold at conditioning time, some proactive measures could be taken at either demand or supply side or both. For instance, demand could be influenced through pricing (promotion);excessive building blocks could be consumed through component substitution; additional supply could be arranged through flexible contracts. We use System Dynamics to model different conditioning actions.Specifically, corresponding to change of situation, we adopt time period array to realize optimal control along timeline. Some simulation examples are presented to illustrate gradual correction of imbalance situation under different conditioning actions.

关键词： System Dynamics Conditioning process Supply Chain Stability on-demand operation.

作者: Lianjun An

作者单位: IBM T.J. Watson Research Center Yorktown, New York 10598, U.S.A.914 945-1565

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 2007 Conference on Systems Science, Management Science and System Dynamics(第二届系统科学、管理科学与系统动力学国际会议)

会议地点: 上海

会议语种:英文

页码: 23-34

在线出版日期: 2007-10-19（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）