DSSs and challenges in Supply Networks Management, 1000 words.
Identify a paper on a relevant Case Study available from the scientific literature on Supply Networks Management where the development of an optimisation-based Decision Support Systems led to concrete and measurable business benefits for a real-world company (even if the name of the company is not mentioned for confidentiality reasons), coping with one of the following challenges in Supply Networks Management (select one):
Challenges/ trends
• PRODUCTION SCHEDULING IN SUPPLY NETWORKS
• ADVANCED DISTRIBUTION AND CITY LOGISTICS
• CROSSDOCKING AND INVENTORY MANAGEMENT
• CORRIDORS, HUBS AND SYNCHROMODALITY
• SMART LONG-HAUL TRANSPORTATION IN SUPPLY NETWORKS
• RESILIENCY IN SUPPLY NETWORKS MANAGEMENT
Synthetically describe such a Case Study by producing a short report where the following elements will be included:
• Analysis and description of the Supply Network structure of the Company, with a critical discussion on the motivations why the selected current trend/challenge in Supply Networks Management is relevant to the business performance of your company;
• Synthetic description of the main decision-making problems associated with the selected trend/challenge in Supply Networks Management, explaining why it can be considered a semi-structured decision-making problem and showing the complexity issues that motivate the need for a tailored optimisation-based model-driven DSS;
• Synthetic description of the main components of the DSS, including comments on Data Components, Model Components and GUI (if applicable);
• Critical comments on strengths and weaknesses emerging from the analysed Case Study.
