Managing flexibility in downstream supply chains

管理下游供应链的灵活性

• 批准号: 402324-2011
• 负责人: Huang, Xiao
• 金额: $ 1.68万
• 依托单位: Concordia University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2015-01-01 至 2016-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=573243
• 关键词: Managing; flexibility; downstream; supply; chains

Supply chain management entails better matching supply with demand. However, this goal is constantly challenged by prevalent risks and uncertainties. One of the most effective countermeasures towards these issues is to increase the flexibility of supply chain. While there exists a holistic literature on upstream supply chain flexibility that studies how manufacturing/supply activities can be adjusted towards being more responsive upon demand uncertainties, those related to downstream supply chain flexibility - how distribution strategies/demand can be manipulated to cater the fluctuations/randomness in supply, are rather limited in operational context. I plan to explore the value of incorporating downstream flexibility in supply chains and also pursue its connection with upstream supply chain flexibility. Various downstream-flexible mechanisms including flexible pricing, flexible products and flexible distribution channels will be studied from an operational perspective. The target is to investigate how downstream supply chain flexibility should be properly designed, operationalized, and aligned with upstream flexible mechanisms. The proposed projects include (1) identifying the benefit of various downstream-flexible mechanisms in hedging supply risks as well as demand risks; (2) characterizing the corresponding capacity/inventory control policies for respective mechanisms; (3) exploring the potential for cooperation among multiple suppliers in taking advantage of downstream flexibilities. The study will enrich the literature by expanding the understanding of supply chain flexibility towards a new dimension. The results are expected to deliver important messages upon industries where upstream flexibility is difficult or expensive to achieve. Traditional discussions of risk and uncertainty management, inventory/capacity controls, and supply chain coordination will be analyzed from a completely different angle. All these will have strong implications to the Canadian/global industries and also for business/engineering school teaching.

供应链管理需要更好的匹配供应与需求。但是，这个目标不断受到普遍的风险和不确定性的挑战。针对这些问题的最有效的对策之一是提高供应链的灵活性。尽管存在有关上游供应链灵活性的整体文献，但研究如何调整制造/供应活动以对需求不确定性的响应更快，但与下游供应链灵活性相关的人 - 如何操纵分配策略/需求以迎合波动/供应中的随机性在操作环境中相当有限。 我计划探索将下游灵活性纳入供应链中的价值，并与上游供应链灵活性联系起来。将从操作的角度研究各种下游芬芳的机制，包括柔性定价，柔性产品和柔性分配通道。目标是研究如何正确设计，操作和与上游柔性机制对下游供应链灵活性进行正确的设计，操作和对齐。拟议的项目包括（1）确定对冲供应风险和需求风险的各种下游富裕机制的好处； （2）表征相应的能力/库存控制政策各自的机制； （3）探索多个供应商之间合作的潜力，以利用下游灵活性。 该研究将通过扩展对供应链灵活性对新维度的理解来丰富文献。结果预计将向上游灵活性很难或昂贵的行业传达重要信息。传统的关于风险和不确定性管理，库存/容量控制和供应链协调的讨论将从完全不同的角度进行分析。所有这些将对加拿大/全球行业以及商业/工程学校的教学产生强大的影响。