A review of flexible processes and operations

S Wang, X Wang, J Zhang - Production and Operations …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
One effective means to hedge against uncertainty and better match supply with demand in a
swiftly changing environment is to adopt a flexible operations strategy that allows timely …

Process flexibility: design, evaluation, and applications

MC Chou, CP Teo, H Zheng - Flexible Services and Manufacturing …, 2008 - Springer
One of the most effective ways of minimizing supply/demand mismatch costs, with little
increase in operational costs, is to deploy valuable resources in a flexible and timely manner …

The logic of logistics

D Simchi-Levi, X Chen, J Bramel - Theory, algorithms, and applications …, 2005 - Springer
We are pleased to introduce the third edition of the book, and we are thankful to those who
used the book in research and practice and to those who sent us comments and feedback …

[图书][B] Fundamentals of supply chain theory

LV Snyder, ZJM Shen - 2019 - books.google.com
Comprehensively teaches the fundamentals of supply chain theory This book presents the
methodology and foundations of supply chain management and also demonstrates how …

Disruption-driven supply chain (re)-planning and performance impact assessment with consideration of pro-active and recovery policies

D Ivanov, A Pavlov, A Dolgui, D Pavlov… - … Research Part E …, 2016 - Elsevier
In this study, an approach to re-planning the multi-stage supply chain (SC) subject to
disruptions is developed. We analyze seven proactive SC structures, compute recovery …

Increasing supply chain robustness through process flexibility and inventory

D Simchi‐Levi, H Wang, Y Wei - Production and Operations …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
We study a hybrid strategy that uses both process flexibility and finished goods inventory for
supply chain risk mitigation. The interplay between process flexibility and inventory is …

Optimal distribution (re) planning in a centralized multi-stage supply network under conditions of the ripple effect and structure dynamics

D Ivanov, A Pavlov, B Sokolov - European Journal of Operational Research, 2014 - Elsevier
In this paper, an original approach to formulate and solve a multi-period and multi-
commodity distribution (re) planning problem for a multi-stage centralized upstream network …

Understanding the performance of the long chain and sparse designs in process flexibility

D Simchi-Levi, Y Wei - Operations research, 2012 - pubsonline.informs.org
The long chain has been an important concept in the design of flexible processes. This
design concept, as well as other sparse designs, have been applied by the automotive and …

Scheduling of recovery actions in the supply chain with resilience analysis considerations

D Ivanov, A Dolgui, B Sokolov - International Journal of Production …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Supply chain engineering models with resilience considerations have been mostly focused
on disruption impact quantification within one analysis layer, such as supply chain design or …

Design for process flexibility: Efficiency of the long chain and sparse structure

MC Chou, GA Chua, CP Teo… - Operations research, 2010 - pubsonline.informs.org
The concept of chaining, or in more general terms, sparse process structure, has been
extremely influential in the process flexibility area, with many large automakers already …