A Systems Science/Cybernetics Perspective on Contemporary Management in Supply Chains

Badillo, Isaias José; Tejeida, Ricardo; Morales, Oswaldo; Briones, Abraham

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“…Nevertheless, in our review of the literature we did not find any application of the VSM to map the complexity of urban mass transport systems. There are some related works: a proposal to analyse the operation of government agencies related to transport infrastructure for railways and urban light railways (Hoverstadt & Bowling, 2002;Paradissopoulos, 1991); others to analyse the supply chains and their relationship with the operation of freight transport (Badillo, Tejeida, Morales, & Briones, 2015;Chroneer & Mirijamdotter, 2009;Puche, Ponte, Costas, Pino, & De la Fuente, 2016); and a few ones to design or simulate logistic distribution systems and the performance of supply chains from the perspective of the VSM, which include the transport of goods or people, but not necessarily as a mass transport system (Simatupang & Sridharan, 2002;Stich & Groten, 2015) , among others.…”

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On the need for structuring of the Integrated Public Transport System -IPTS of Bogotá, Colombia as a Viable System

Moya

Prieto-Rodríguez

2022

Rev. Invest. Univ. Quindío

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Whilst there has been an increasing recognition that public transport systems are complex systems Lu and Shi (2007); (Pezzillo Iacono, Mangia, Canonico, & De Nito, 2010; Sienkiewicz & Hołyst, 2005) and therefore require of complex systems approaches to their analysis and design, there is not yet many examples in the literature to illustrate how this could be done and which would the learning be of taking such analytical approach. To contribute in this research path, this article analyses the trunk component of the Integrated Public Transport System of Bogotá (IPTS) as a business ecosystem, from the perspective of the Viable System Model (VSM). We first present the conceptual bases of the VSM and then present the methodological fundamentals to model the ITPS as a complex system under this chosen optics. Following a longitudinal analysis approach, we then model the complexity of the IPTS – and its environmental niche over the last 15 years since its inception. This preliminary analysis indicates that the development of the IPTS has not coped well with the variety of the urban development, so the IPTS does not exhibit requisite variety. A heuristic to continue this type of analysis is suggested that allows strategic systems’ design and re-development, based on this model. Finally, we present our reflections about how this research path respond to existing questions in the literature in public transport systems and OR.

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confidence: 99%

On the need for structuring of the Integrated Public Transport System -IPTS of Bogotá, Colombia as a Viable System

Moya

Prieto-Rodríguez

2022

Rev. Invest. Univ. Quindío

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Systemic approach to supply chain management through the viable system model and the theory of constraints

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Ponte

Costas

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Production Planning & Control

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Please note: Changes made as a result of publishing processes such as copy-editing, formatting and page numbers may not be reflected in this version. For the definitive version of this publication, please refer to the published source. You are advised to consult the publisher's version if you wish to cite this paper.This version is being made available in accordance with publisher policies. See http://orca.cf.ac.uk/policies.html for usage policies. Copyright and moral rights for publications made available in ORCA are retained by the copyright holders. Systemic Approach to Supply Chain Management through the Viable System Model and the Theory of Constraints Systemic Approach to Supply Chain Management through the Viable System Model and the Theory of ConstraintsIn today's environment, Supply Chain Management (SCM) takes a key role in business strategy. A major challenge is achieving high customer service level under a reasonable operating expense and investment. The traditional approach to SCM, based on local optimization, is a proven cause of meaningful inefficiencies -e.g. the Bullwhip Effect-that obstruct the throughput. The systemic (holistic) approach, based on global optimization, has been shown to perform significantly better. Nevertheless, it is not widely expanded, since the implementation of an efficient solution requires a suitable scheme. Under these circumstances, this paper proposes an integrative framework for supply chain collaboration aimed at increasing its efficiency. This is based on the combined application of the Beer's Viable System Model (VSM) and the Goldratt's Theory of Constraints (TOC).VSM defines the systemic structure of the supply chain and orchestrates the collaboration, while TOC implements the systemic behaviour -i.e. integrate processes-and define performance measures. To support this proposal, we detail its application to the widely used Beer Game scenario. In addition, we discuss its implementation in real supply chains, highlighting the key points that must be considered.

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A Systems Science/Cybernetics Perspective on Contemporary Management in Supply Chains

Cited by 2 publications

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On the need for structuring of the Integrated Public Transport System -IPTS of Bogotá, Colombia as a Viable System

On the need for structuring of the Integrated Public Transport System -IPTS of Bogotá, Colombia as a Viable System

Systemic approach to supply chain management through the viable system model and the theory of constraints

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