Integrated Supply Chain Analysis and Decision

Support(I98-S01)

Integrated Supply Chain Analysis and Decision

Support(I98-S01)

RESEARCH TEAMRESEARCH TEAM

INVESTIGATORS:G. BerkstresserS. FangR. KingT. LittleH. NuttleJ. Wilson

Textiles and Apparel Mgmt.Industrial EngineeringIndustrial EngineeringTextiles and Apparel Mgmt.Industrial EngineeringIndustrial Engineering

STUDENTS:S-H. ChenH. ChengS. LertworasirikulY. Liao

Ph.D. Operations ResearchPh.D. Operations ResearchPh.D. Industrial EngineeringPh.D. Industrial Engineering

Subcontractor

Manufacturer

Manufacturer

Manufacturer

DC

DC

Customers

Retailer

Retailer

Retailer

Retailer

Supplier

Supplier

Where to build inventory?

Where to source materials?

Should we subcontract?

How many to produce?

How many distribution centers?

Supply Chain

Subcontractor

Manufacturer

Manufacturer

Manufacturer

DC

DC

Customers

Retailer

Retailer

Retailer

Retailer

Supplier

Supplier

Divide and Conquer

Traditional Approach

Supplier

Manufacturer

Manufacturer

Manufacturer

Subcontractor

DC

DC

Retailer

Retailer

Retailer

Retailer

Customers

Supplier

Information Sharing for Coordinated Management

New Approach

Project Objectives

Decision Support Tools for Integrated Textile Supply Chain Design and Management

Fuzzy Modeling and Fuzzy Reasoning to handle vagueness and uncertainty.

Prototypes

Supply Chain Modeling and Optimization Using

Simulation and Soft Computing

Supply Chain Modeling and Optimization Using

Simulation and Soft Computing

SchemeSchemeSupply Chain Configuration

Simulation

Activate Fuzzy Rules/Logic

Goals met?

Stop

Input - PerformanceData

Fuzzy System / Relationship

Identification

KnowledgeExtraction

Soft ComputingGuided Simulation

Yes

No

ResultsResults• Satisfactory results achieved in few iterations.

Membership

Experiment

Supply Chain Integrator

Supply Chain Integrator

Function

Configure and Parameterize Supply Chain

Simulate Its Operation

Analyze and Compare Alternatives

Allows User to

Structure Configuration

Parameter Setting

Performance Report

Due-Date Negotiator Due-Date Negotiator

DDN Combines the Order Management, Resource Management, Due-Date Negotiation and Schedule Management Function into one package.

Due-Date Negotiator (DDN) is a new tool for order delivery date negotiation between a manufacturer and customers.

Two prototype versions

More to come...

http://www.ie.ncsu.edu/fangroup/

More to come...

http://www.ie.ncsu.edu/fangroup/