Toward an Agile Adaptation of Supply Chain Planning: A Situational Use Case

Abstract

The project CAASC "Cloud Adaptation for an Agile Supply Chain" (French ANR project) aims to develop monitoring services in multi actors supply chain, by integrating uncertainties in supply chain planning and developing adaptation functions to environment changes. In this paper we present a use case in the form of a serious game that aim to emerge and validate the required functionalities for the project. The game simulates a collaborative rolling horizon mid-term planning process. By analyzing its processes and results, we identify the central role of deviations analysis of plans to qualify uncertainties, assess robustness and propose response strategies.

Cloud-Based Booking Platforms in Warehouse Operations

“…These systems connect different actors, such as retailers, distributors, logistics service providers, product or service companies, and end-users [36]. They are also applied to monitor flows of goods, detect changes in scheduling or delays in shipment [37,38], track containers within the terminals and international transportation, and supervise the discharge of custom brokers [39]. Unlike non-cloud-based platforms, the cloud-based ones provide full visibility of on-site scheduling, the possibility to outsource bookings, more standardized and easy-to-measure processes.…”