A Systematic Approach for Ensuring the Logistic Process Reliability of Supply Chains

Abstract

In the production logistics context, the process reliability of supply chains corresponds to their ability to meet the logistic performance expectations of customers. This ability depends on the contributions of all supply chain members to the logistic performance of the entire chain. The overall performance is affected by the dynamic Interrelationships between the specific logistic performances of the separate supply chain members. Currently, however, no practical analytical models of the logistic supply chain dynamics are available. This paper presents an approach for modeling and analysing the logistic interdependences across supply chains, the understanding of which enables supply chains to better control their process reliability.