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Publication summary

Author(s): Shigeki Umeda and Albert Jones

Publication date: July 1997

Citation: Shigeki Umeda and Albert Jones: "Virtual Supply Chain Management: A Re-Engineering Approach Using Discrete Event Simulation," Proceedings of SCI '97 World Conference, , 1997, July, 1997.

Key words: Computer integrated manufacturing, Control Architecture, Simulation, Supply Chain, Virtual manufacturing

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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.

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