Virtual Supply Chain Management: A Re-Engineering Approach Using Discrete Event Simulation

Published

January 1, 1997

Author(s)

Shigeki Umeda, Albert W. Jones

Abstract

Modern manufacturing enterprises must collaborate with a large number of suppliers to design and produce their products. Management of these supply chains is crucial. This paper proposes a framework for supply chain management, which will form the foundation for the construction of an integration testbed. This testbed will focus on production & operations management within the supply chain. It will contain a simulation-based decision support system, process modeling library, simulation engines, and a WEB-based data-handling system. The library includes material-flow models, information models, business process models, and decision support models. Each model is described using an object-oriented modeling paradigm. This paper describes a system concept, a system architecture, and generic business process models.

Proceedings Title

Proceedings of SCI '97 World Conference

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Conferences

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Keywords

Computer integrated manufacturing, Control Architecture, Simulation, Supply Chain, Virtual manufacturing

Citation

Umeda, S. and Jones, A. (1997), Virtual Supply Chain Management: A Re-Engineering Approach Using Discrete Event Simulation, Proceedings of SCI '97 World Conference, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=821508 (Accessed October 22, 2025)