Using Simulation to Investigate Supply Chain Disruptions

Steven A. Melnyk, Alexander Rodrigues, and Gary L. Ragatz 

Managers and researchers are coming to realize that Snpply Chain Disruptions 

As will be shown, the study of SCDs presents the researcher with an attractive trade-off. On one hand, the simulation-based study of SCDs is inherently more complex than the simulation-based study of a job shop (as an example). In return, the researcher is rewarded with richness in terms of the resulting problem settings and the insights gained. Ultimately, it is our hope that this paper encourages researchers to explore the topic of SCDs and draw on the tools and capabilities offered by discrete event simulation. 

Supply Chain Dismptions, or situations where there is a physical problem with product deliveries, is one of the major categories of supply risk. Consequently, to imderstand a SCD, we must first rmderstand the concepts related to supply risk. 

The fourth category of supply risk and the focus of this study, supply chain disraptions, can occur from problems associated with suppliers being unable to provide products or services. Examples of sources of these disraptions include (but are not hmited to) the following  

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Chapter 7 Using Simulation to Investigate Supply Chain Disruptions... 

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