Optimal Analysis of Globally Integrated Supply-Chain through Simulation Techniques

Abstract

This paper focuses on the integrated supply-chain associated with managing the logistics and production activities in global manufacturing whose activities stretch across national boundaries. An optimal analysis of globally integrated supply-chain was developed by applying simulation optimization technique as a decision support tool. The globally integrated logistics supply-chain was formulated as an analytical problem, which contains two types of production decision problems : 1) determining production and logistic plans for each component and end-product, and 2) appropriate production conditions for the globally integrated supply-chain which will maximize the system's performances.