Activity routing in a distributed supply chain: Performance evaluation with two inputs

Modeling a supply chain using a network of queues

“…In this case, any input (order) to the queuing system has to be represented by two stochastic variables, one for the time of occurrence, and one for the quantity to deliver. This constitutes the main improvement of this paper over [29].…”

“…From the results of Bhaskar and Lallement [29], the service rate of the equivalent server is given by…”

A Fuzzy Decision Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory Analysis of SCM System Implementation

“…From an operational point of view, this pipeline works like a process of activities that are distributed. Therefore, supply chain is not only a linear structure but actually a network [1,2]. In recent years, SC network management has become an important management approach to create closer enterprise collaborations [3,4,5,6], and many companies have invested significant resources in developing information systems to obtain successful SC network management implementation.…”

“…Formula (7) was used to average the assessment data of the respondents, and formula (8) was used to defuzzify the averaged fuzzy matrix into an initial direct relationship matrix. Based on the initial direct relationship matrix, the normalized direct relationship matrix was obtained using formula (1)- (2). Finally, the total relationship matrix was acquired using formula (3).…”

“…Under the guidance of the stated goals, the specific objectives that the project intended to reach in the six-year of the duration of the project were defined accordingly: (1) to streamline and integrate key business processes, (2) to improve the transparency of information exchange, and (3) to increase the speed of information delivery. All of the project activities, including business requirement collection, change management plan development, and IT system design, were aligned to the projects goals and objectives.…”