... inventory placement and implementing backup strategies to mitigate risks. For example, Schmitt and Singh (2012) developed a simulation model to identify and minimize supply chain risks through these approaches, while Tang and Tomlin (2008) emphasized the role of flexibility strategies, suggesting...

...Minakshi Kumari; Makarand S. Kulkarni Purpose The reported study aims at connecting the two crucial aspects of manufacturing of future, i.e. advanced analytics and digital simulation, with an objective to facilitate real-time control of manufacturing operations. The work puts forward a framework...

... an alternative spherical-clustering algorithm for densely urbanized population environments to strengthen the accuracy and robustness of current models. The authors complement this approach with straightforward mathematical optimization and simulation models to generate and test designs that effectively align...

... and global network perspectives, and a simulation approach was conducted to evaluate the effects of the strategies on risk prevention performance. Findings The results validate the positive effect of stakeholder collaboration on risk prevention performance and reveal the important role of network...

...Associate Professor Per Hilletofth, Professor Olli-Pekka Hilmola and Professor Yacan Wang; Javad Rouzafzoon; Petri Helo Purpose – Agent-based computer simulation gives new possibilities to model service supply chains which combine flow of people, geographical elements, demand patterns and service...

...) such that the Supply Chain (SC) configuration for a personalized product can be optimized under various demand uncertainties. Design/methodology/approach – A simulation-based methodology is proposed in this industry-university cooperative research. Through identifying the company requirements with interview...

...Associate Professor Per Hilletofth, Professor Olli-Pekka Hilmola and Professor Yacan Wang; Mohammad Asif Salam; Sami A Khan Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to understand and explain how firms use simulation-based decision support systems (DSSs) to optimize container space utilization...

... by a proposed combined mixed integer program (MIP) and simulation approach. A simulation model was developed for evaluating solutions of the MIP and will serve as the virtual factory to provide the initial work-in-process status for a new incoming order evaluation. Findings – The experimental results show...

.... Design/methodology/approach – A discrete event simulation based on the popular beer game model is used for these tests. A popular ordering management system is used to emulate the behavior of the system when the game is played with human players. Findings – FTS is tested against some other well...

...Sang-Gun Lee; Silvana Trimi; Chang-Gyu Yang Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate how ICT service providers’ strategies affect customer migration. Design/methodology/approach – Using a simulation approach and the agent-based model, this research explores how an incremental...

...Bojan Jovanoski; Robert Nove Minovski; Gerald Lichtenegger; Siegfried Voessner Purpose The new extremely demanding environment forces the enterprises to use more sophisticated tools/methodologies. Strategy alignment and modelling and simulation are some of those tools/methodologies...

...Herwig Mittermayer; Carlos Rodríguez‐Monroy Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a simulation‐based evaluation method for the comparison of different organizational forms and software support levels in the field of supply chain management (SCM). Design/methodology/approach Apart...

...Bochao Wang; Young B. Moon Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a simulation model for assessing innovation deployment strategies by evaluating and comparing their outcomes using a hybrid modeling and simulation of agent‐based modelling and simulation (ABMS) and system dynamics (SD...

... Simulations were carried out for five‐ and eight‐station lines with various buffer capacities and degrees of means imbalance. Throughput, idle time and average buffer level performance indicators were generated and statistically analysed. Findings The results show that an inverted bowl allocation of mean...

... of RFID. The second phase incorporated simulation modelling. This was a confirmatory study. The objective was to develop two simulation models of the cases from the previous phase, and as a result, verify the effects of particular contextual factors on process performance. Findings As an outcome...

... schedule is generated to fulfill customer orders and customer change orders, as well as to achieve a better scheduling performance result. From the simulation results and analysis in the case study, satisfactory results show that the proposed model can generate a constraint‐prioritized schedule...

...Daniel Arias‐Aranda; Oscar Bustinza‐Sánchez Purpose The purpose of this paper is to elucidate the influence that participation in a simulation experience based on the automobile industry has on the entrepreneurial attitude (entrepreneurship attitude orientation) through conflict management...

... the product. Design/methodology/approach The study utilizes Monte Carlo computer simulation in an experimental design. Findings The analysis suggests that while the inaccurate inventory records result in significant performance reductions for all supply chain configurations, their impact...

... factors (feedback structure, time lags, and a flexible saturation point) in a system dynamics (SD) simulation frame. Design/methodology/approach A simulation model using SD is developed for a dynamic manpower forecasting by decomposing complex processes of manpower planning into a set of feedback...

...Marek Pawlak; Elżbieta Małyszek Purpose The paper's purpose is to provide a method of reducing inventory costs in multi‐product and multi‐nodes supply chains (SC). Design/methodology/approach The proposed approach is based on applying the classical inventory control models and simulation...