8.1.1 Application of Systems Engineering to Industrial Supply Chains

This paper discusses the application of systems engineering alongside industrial ecology, systems dynamics and soft systems methodology to the study of industrial supply chains. As supply chains are ultimately a human activity, a multidisciplinary approach must include human-centric investigation and knowledge-sharing techniques. Systems engineering is seen as a proper foundation for defining a process for which the characteristics are unknown and for solving the problems found in cross-organizational supply chains. Building on (Haskins 2003, 2004), Christopher Alexander's pattern language approaches are considered as a mechanism for sharing best practices. The paper closes with suggestions for the direction of further research.

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