3. S&D elements realignment; based on the realignment of the SC partners' static and dynamic elements (i.e. network structure and decision-making processes) affecting the material, information, and cash flows… 4. C&O fulfilment; in the face of internal/external constraints and local/global objectives. SC design & modelingIn general terms, a SC can be considered as 1) composed by inbound logistics, component suppliers, final assembly plants, and outbound logistics echelons [32], [33], [34], [35], where the relevance of the physical functions (i.e. transportation and storage) to the efficient supply,

Manufacturing complexity increases as a result of product configuration, and even though different manufacturing complexity measures have been developed, none of them seem to put attention to the blocking effect a product's bill-of-material imposes to the process flow. The following paper extends the research presented by the authors in a previous paper, where a set of entropic formulations were developed to act as an increase/decrease indicator of a manufacturing system's performance parameters. Our findings show that the improvements to the entropic formulations provide results that are closer to the system's performance parameters final values.