Flexible design‐planning of supply chain networks

The strategic decision of determining the supply chain network optimal structure plays a vital role in the later optimization of supply chain operations. This chapter focuses on the design and retrofit of the supply chain. Traditional approaches addressing this problem usually utilize as departing point a predefined network structure, which may restrict the opportunities of adding business value. Instead, in this chapter a flexible formulation approach that translates a recipe representation into the SC environment is presented for solving the design-planning challenging problem of SC networks. The potential of this approach is highlighted through illustrative examples of increasing complexity, where results of traditional rigid approaches and those offered by the flexible framework are compared.

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