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Variability and diversity make life interesting. They are also the underlying reasons why supply chain management is both fascinating and difficult. On this site we will explore the following themes:
- The effect of variability on supply chain performance
- Supply chain planning under uncertainty
- Complexity tradeoffs
- Scientific approaches to supply chain management
- … and more 🙂
We balance the desire for a scientific approach to optimisation with the need for results which can be applied in practice. As will be seen, few scientifically proven results exist which can easily be applied to specific cases, and therefore we will often need take a pragmatic approach to find solutions for practical problems.
Current Articles
Introduction to Supply Chain Dynamics
What Every Manager Should Know about Process Flows
Supply Chain Performance Priorities
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Initial Thoughts on Supply Chain Complexity
For some time, I have been thinking about complexity in supply chains. Sometimes people say that supply chain management is not rocket science. My response is that supply chain management is in fact much more complex than rocket science. I would like to have a better understanding of what drives complexity in a supply chain,…
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My First Supply Chain Dynamics Project
I officially started my flexible master’s programme in the autumn term of 2021 with an individual course with the final title “Simulation of Dynamics in Manning Constrained Workflows”. The overall goal was to investigate how variability impacts the relationship between cycle time and capacity need. This post is so to speak the executive summary of…
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Hello Supply Chain Dynamics world!
Welcome to my site on Supply Chain Dynamics! Why care about supply chain dynamics? If you wonder why you should care about supply chain dynamics, think about the disruptions of global supply chains which impacted many businesses in 2021 and continue to create challenges in 2022. These are the extreme results of dynamics in supply…