Building Novel Supply Chain Theory Using “Metaphorical Imagination”

Supply Chain, Theory and Applications

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The Metaphorical Process as Cognition, Imagination, and Feeling

Complexity and Adaptivity in Supply Networks: Building Supply Network Theory Using a Complex Adaptive Systems Perspective

Supply networks are composed of large numbers of firms from multiple interrelated industries. Such networks are subject to shifting strategies and objectives within a dynamic environment. In recent years, when faced with a dynamic environment, several disciplines have adopted the Complex Adaptive System (CAS) perspective to gain insights into important issues within their domains of study. Rese...

Game Theory and Supply Chain Networks

Supply chain network is the collection of physical locations, transportation vehicles and supporting systems through which the products and services are managed and ultimately delivered. It connects suppliers, manufacturers, distributors and retailers with competition and collaboration. Each decision maker in the network aims to achieve profit maximization, capacity maximization, and delay mini...

Chaos Theory: Implications for Supply Chain Management

Since the late 1950’s it has been recognised that the systems used internally within supply chains can lead to oscillations in demand and inventory as orders pass through the system. The uncertainty generated can result in late deliveries, order cancellations and an increased reliance on inventory to buffer these effects. Despite the best efforts of organisations to stabilise the dynamics gener...