Architecture of Decision Support System

The monitoring results are evaluated and decisions concerning necessary changes in the supply chain configuration are made. These decisions are based on an assessment of the current supply chain situation (Bowersox et al. 2012). The situation assessment includes internal review of supply chain structure and performance, assessment of market and competition, evaluation of the relationship between supply chain partners, and assessment of technological factors. This situation assessment is further refined during the initialization step. 

In Part HI of this book, where applied studies are discussed, approbation and the impact of configuration decision-making results are discussed in more detail. 

The computational complexity of the configuration problem requires the assistance of a comprehensive decision support system. The decision support system provides not only core services like data integratirai, model building, and model solving, but 

Sample implementations of this architecture are discussed in Chap. 10 of this book, along with a general discussion of IT tools that support supply chain configuration decision-making and decision implementation. 

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