Operability Analysis of Chemical Process Supply Chain Systems

流程供应链是一个设施网络，涉及从原材料供应商到客户的材料和产品的采购、加工、仓储和分销。 企业的盈利能力受到其供应链运作的强烈影响。 日益激烈的市场竞争、全球商业环境、市场波动和产品需求变化要求将加工厂放在整个供应链的背景下考虑，而不是将其视为孤立的实体。 这些驱动因素也提高了化学过程系统研究界对供应链运作的认识，导致近年来对过程供应链系统的建模、优化和控制进行了一些研究。 为了在竞争日益激烈的市场中保持盈利，生产工艺及其供应链需要对客户需求和市场趋势以及原料和工艺的可变性做出反应。 本研究的目标是开发定量的方法来分析过程供应链系统的能力，在这样的动态市场环境中令人满意的运作。 可操作性分析工具已经开发过程工厂的操作和设计，但其应用程序的扩展环境的过程供应链系统在很大程度上是未开发的。 在这项研究中，将开发一个基于优化的框架，分析过程供应链系统，借鉴的方法，已经建立了过程工厂的可操作性分析。

A process supply chain is a network of facilities involved in the procurement, processing, warehousing and distribution of materials and products from raw materials suppliers to customers. The profitability of an enterprise is strongly influenced by the operation of its supply chain. Increased market competition, global business environments, market volatility and product demand variation require process plants to be considered within the overall supply chain context rather than as isolated entities. These drivers have also raised the awareness of supply chain operation within the chemical process systems research community, leading to several studies in recent years on the modeling, optimization and control of process supply chain systems. In order to remain profitable in an increasingly competitive marketplace, production processes and their supply chains need to be responsive to customer demands and market trends, as well as feedstock and process variability. The goal of this research is to develop quantitative methodologies for analyzing the ability of process supply chain systems to operate satisfactorily within such dynamic market environments. Operability analysis tools have been developed for process plant operation and design, but their application to the extended environment of process supply chain systems is largely unexplored. In this research, an optimization-based framework will be developed for the analysis of process supply chain systems, drawing on approaches that have been established for process plant operability analysis.