ILS 2012

Québec, Canada, 26 — 29 August 2012

ILS 2012

Québec, Canada, 26 — 29 August 2012

Schedule Authors My Schedule

Keynote Ton de Kok

Aug 29, 2012 09:00 AM – 10:00 AM

Location: VCH-2850

Chaired by Fouad Riane

1 Presentation

  • 09:00 AM - 10:00 AM

    Supply Chain Planning Concepts in a Stochastic World

    • A.G. (Ton) de Kok, presenter, Eindhoven University of Technology

    With the implementation of ERP systems a wealth of information is available about the actual performance of business and transformation processes. It is easy to obtain empirical distributions of e.g. forecast errors, processing times, setup times, as well as to identify trends in demand and learning curves in times to perform operational activities. With this information we can develop models that support supply chain design and operational planning of supply chains. With the same information we can validate the models developed, too. Applying the validated models for design and planning requires a careful assessment of the possible differences between the (likely) future behaviour of business and transformation processes and the behaviour of these processes observed in the past. In most cases process intelligence must be incorporated in the model instances to be applied.

    The objective of this presentation is two-fold. Firstly, we present a high-level methodology for the design of decision support of supply chain design and operational planning of supply chains. Secondly, we present some results of projects where this methodology has been applied. In particular we share experiences with validating models. We end our presentation with a reflection on our experiences with implementation of the concepts developed according to the proposed methodology.

Back