Modeling defaults of companies in multi-stage supply chain networks

Mizgier, Kamil J.; Wagner, Stephan M.; Hołyst, Janusz A.

doi:10.1016/j.ijpe.2010.09.022

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“…through insurance cover) strategies (Tang, 2006;Mizgier et al, 2015a;Wiengarten et al, 2016). Even though at the macro level, supply chain configuration is one of the principal strategic supply decisions which can help multi-national firms mitigate the disturbances brought about by today's dynamic business environment, it has only received limited attention in previous research (Tang and Musa, 2011;Mizgier et al, 2012). That is why, it is important to understand how disturbances can be mitigated through supply chain re-configuration.…”

Section: Mitigating Disturbances Through Supply Chain Re-configurationmentioning

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Supply chain configuration conundrum: how does the pharmaceutical industry mitigate disturbance factors?

Huq

Pawar

Rogers³

2016

Production Planning & Control

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How a supply chain (SC) is configured can have a significant impact on the performance of global firms. More specifically, disturbance factors (i.e. those factors associated with uncertainty and risk) are increasingly important considerations. This paper focuses on endogenous, exogenous and environment-related SC disturbance factors and their relative importance when configuring global SCs. Three alternative scenarios of SC configurations for European-based pharmaceutical firms are identified -insource nearshore, outsource nearshore and outsource offshore. Through a multi-phase, mixed-method approach we find that the top five disturbance factors managers should be aware of while configuring their SCs are quality defects, unforeseen and random interruptions in manufacturing processes, order processing difficulties, untimely delivery of products, and a mismatch between market demand and supplier responsiveness. This study is able to provide insights into the impact of disturbance factors on the SC configuration strategy for Big Pharmas. We show that SC disturbances influenced the decision to bring production back home (reshoring) or to a closer location (near-shoring). To mitigate the effects of disturbances many Big Pharmas recalibrated their SC configurations by insourcing core products, outsourcing non-core products offshore and developing offshore insourcing capabilities through 'captives'.

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Section: Mitigating Disturbances Through Supply Chain Re-configurationmentioning

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Supply chain configuration conundrum: how does the pharmaceutical industry mitigate disturbance factors?

Huq

Pawar

Rogers³

2016

Production Planning & Control

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“…Analogously, some authors have studied the impact of local processes on global economic behavior, focusing on dynamics and systemic risks that affect the value chain (Mizgier et al, 2012). Others suggest that ABS helps increase value chain visibility and improve communication between different actors (Hilletofth and Lättilä, 2012).…”

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Agent-based simulation in management and organizational studies: a survey

Cruz

Saa

Hurtado

2017

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If you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation.*Related content and download information correct at time of download. Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to provide a comprehensive survey of the literature about the use of agent-based simulation (ABS) in the study of organizational behavior, decision making, and problem-solving. It aims at contributing to the consolidation of ABS as a field of applied research in management and organizational studies. Design/methodology/approach -The authors carried out a non-systematic search in literature published between 2000 and 2016, by using the keyword "agent-based" to search through Scopus' business, management and accounting database. Additional search criteria were devised using the papers' keywords and the categories defined by the divisions and interest groups of the Academy of Management. The authors found 181 articles for this survey.Findings -The survey shows that ABS provides a robust and rigorous framework to elaborate descriptions, explanations, predictions and theories about organizations and their processes as well as develop tools that support strategic and operational decision making and problem-solving. The authors show that the areas that report the highest number of applications are operations and logistics (37 percent), marketing (17 percent) and organizational behavior (14 percent). Originality/value -The paper illustrates the increasingly prominent role of ABS in fields such as organizational behavior, strategy, human resources, marketing and logistics. To-date, this is the most complete survey about ABS in all management areas.

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“…A common characteristic among the majority of the published papers in this category is optimization of controllable variables to be used as inputs in a simulation model. More particularly, applying agent-based simulation modeling as a powerful tool for optimization of SCN [132] and running an external optimizer to optimize the controllable parameters for the operation of each agent in the SC system (supplier, market, production site and distributer agent) are common practice in this field. A good example of this type is the study by Shahi et al [133], which is placed in optimization-based simulation frameworks according to our categorization, although the authors termed it as a simulation-based approach.…”

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The New Generation of Operations Research Methods in Supply Chain Optimization: A Review

Pourhejazy

Kwon

2016

Sustainability

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Abstract:The possibilities of applying Operations Research (O.R.) techniques in the design of real-world systems are vast. The optimization and design of the supply chain network (SCN) is one of the relevant topics that has directed the attention of many scholars. Sound decisions in this regard, including the proper selection of the facility's location, transportation modes and routes and inventory management policies, can noticeably improve the systems performance. Over 380 articles published between 2005 and 2016 in the ISI/Web of Science database have applied advanced O.R. techniques in SCN optimization studies. This paper offers a systematic review of these published contributions by focusing on two categories of O.R. approaches most recently applied for the design of SC systems: integrated mathematical modeling and simulation-optimization (S-O) frameworks. A taxonomy analysis of the mentioned approaches is presented based on the supply chain elements. A bibliometric analysis is also conducted to provide technical insights into the possible gaps in the field. Moreover, the relevant studies on SC sustainability are highlighted. The research results are supportive of the S-O frameworks as either an alternative approach or an effective solution method for the integrated problems. The research outcomes can provide researchers in the field with useful details of the integrated problems and S-O frameworks as the most recent O.R. methodologies in the field of SC optimization.

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Modeling defaults of companies in multi-stage supply chain networks

Cited by 97 publications

References 41 publications

Supply chain configuration conundrum: how does the pharmaceutical industry mitigate disturbance factors?

Supply chain configuration conundrum: how does the pharmaceutical industry mitigate disturbance factors?

Agent-based simulation in management and organizational studies: a survey

The New Generation of Operations Research Methods in Supply Chain Optimization: A Review

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