1332. Fostering Robustness in Supply Chain Network Design
Invited abstract in session MC-23: OR for a Better Africa - OR@Africa 1, stream OR for Societal Development.
Monday, 12:30-14:00Room: Esther Simpson 3.01
Authors (first author is the speaker)
| 1. | Walid Klibi
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| Operations Management and Information Systems Department, KEDGE Business School | |
| 2. | Milena Janjevic
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| MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Abstract
Supply chain network design (SCND) problems deal with strategic decisions on the reengineering of the network structure, in terms of deployment of long-term resources and the planning of the role of those resources’ and their mission in terms of capacities to assign and policy-making for the primary Supply Chain (SC) activities. Strategic investments in resources, policy-making, and deployment are becoming key challenges in Africa's agriculture, mining, manufacturing, healthcare, retail & e-commerce, and energy supply chains. From an operations research perspective, while there is abundant literature in this area, there are significant opportunities to develop decision-support approaches that better capture the complexities of modern SC systems. In this talk, we start by revisiting the concept of robustness in SCND, and reviewing its current use in the literature. We identify critical challenges and opportunities for future research in this area to foster the robustness of SCND solutions. These are articulated around expanding the scope of SCND models, increasing the precision level of operations anticipations, enhancing methodologically the accuracy of SCND models under uncertainty, and improving solution methods and decision-making approaches. They link future contributions to surrounding fields of decision support, operations management, data analytics, and behavioral OR. We identify concrete opportunities for future research fostering the robustness of SCNDs in Africa.
Keywords
- Supply Chain Management
- Logistics
- Network Design
Status: accepted
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