Scalable Supply Chain Infrastructures: Models and Analysis

可扩展的供应链基础设施：模型和分析

• 批准号: 9908137
• 负责人: Michael Ball
• 金额: $ 94.52万
• 依托单位: University of Maryland, College Park
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1999
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1999-09-15 至 2003-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9908137&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Scalable; Supply; Chain; Infrastructures; Models

This research addresses a number of challenges related to the full realization of the potential of supply chain infrastructures(SCIs), which include those software systems used to support enterprise requirements planning (ERP) and supply chain management (SCM). A software testbed, which initially will include an SCM component, an ERP component and a middleware component, will be constructed. The research will employ techniques from operations research, computer science and empirical information systems. Integer programming based resource allocation models will be developed and embedded within a simulation. The simulation will be used in conjunction with two empirical studies of organizational decision making to explore the relationships between SCIs and organization structure. Research on the development of mechanisms for effective query processing in web-like settings will be pursued with the goal of improving efficient SCI implementation in large organizations. ERP and SCM systems are achieving significant levels of deployment throughout the world. The research undertaken here is aimed at improving the efficiency ofthese systems and their effectiveness in enhancing organizational performance. Practical contributions are anticipated in the following areas: improvements in the understandingof how information technology impacts organizations and the how organizations should adapt to take advantage of new SCI technology; the development of decision models that both explain how supply chain decision making should take place in organizations and provide new techniques for supply chain decision support; new methods for efficiently implementing scalable web-based applications.

这项研究解决了一些挑战，充分实现供应链基础设施（SCIs），其中包括用于支持企业需求规划（ERP）和供应链管理（SCM）的软件系统的潜力。 将建立一个软件试验平台，最初将包括一个供应链管理组件、一个企业资源规划组件和一个中间件组件。 这项研究将采用运筹学、计算机科学和经验信息系统的技术。 将开发基于可编程资源分配模型，并将其嵌入模拟中。 模拟将与两个组织决策的实证研究，探讨SCIs和组织结构之间的关系。 将继续研究在类似网络的环境中有效查询处理机制的发展，目标是提高大型组织中SCI的有效实施。 ERP和SCM系统在全球范围内的部署达到了相当高的水平。 在这里进行的研究旨在提高这些系统的效率和它们在提高组织绩效方面的有效性。 实际贡献预计在以下领域：在理解信息技术如何影响组织和组织应该如何适应利用新的SCI技术的改进;决策模型的发展，既解释了供应链决策应该如何在组织中发生，并提供新的技术供应链决策支持;有效实现可扩展的基于Web的应用程序的新方法。