IEEE CASE 2012 Tutorial
Global Supply Chain Networks |
Instructor: Professor N. Viswanadham
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Course Description:
Supply chains are generally considered as a network of nodes with each node adding value to products that swiftly flow through the logistics and IT pipelines connecting the nodes, finally emerging out as finished products for consumption. From the single owner vertical integrated network, supply chain networks have evolved into a globally dispersed multiple owner networks, each controlling the respective nodes and the links, in coordination and collaboration with other stakeholders. Further, many networks currently are global with majority of the nodes and links in emerging economies. The evolution of vertical foreign investments has increased the global trade and lead to the evolution of world class service organizations such as logistics firms, consulting organizations, etc. However, recent events have demonstrated that the efficiency contributors of SCNs can turn into risk creators. This is evident from the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis and decline in trade threatening de-globalization and the 2011 March 11, earthquake, tsunami, nuclear crisis & plant shutdowns in Japan that threatened supplies of semiconductors to car parts to the globe. There are also lots of government interventions in the production matters in the form of protectionist regulations and preferences to local firms in government procurements. Thus we see that the supply chains are affected by factors other than those relating to their partners and their performance such as the political and economic climate in the locations of the partners, delivery infrastructure in those locations, availability of the resources and host of other factors. There is a tremendous need for supply chain redesign. This tutorial is probably the first step in that direction. At the end of the day, we will have several directions for further research and possible some approaches for solving those problems. The tutorial will be highly interactive.
In this tutorial we develop the supply chain ecosystem framework for the analysis and design of the global supply chain networks. In our view the supply chain ecosystem is a composition of networks of companies, countries and their governments, other industrial, social and political organizations, infrastructure, logistics and information technology services that connect the companies and the countries to the external economic and social environment and resources including natural, financial and human resources with talent, connections, knowledge of the industrial environment, interacting together with the landscape (space or domain) and climate. We develop a comprehensive analysis and design of the global supply chain networks, focusing on the location, planning, performance, risk, governance and innovation involving all the ecosystem players. We also discuss the application to Green supply chain design.
This course provides with tools and frameworks to manage globally dispersed manufacturing and service network operations to deal with multiple strategic and operational issues such as outsourcing, green regulations, and tensions with the network partners, increased transportation costs and regionalization. Hope is that it would inspire young minds to follow some of these directions to further the supply chain automation theory and applications
Course Outline:
Part 1: Review of the Basics of Supply Chain Networks (1 Hour)Part 2: The Supply Chain Ecosystem Framework and Its Elements (1.5 hours)
Supply Chain Ecosystem: Definition, Its four constituents: supply chains, Delivery service infrastructure, Resources (clusters) and Institutions. Examples: Mapping of supply chains and service chains: Logistics, Auto, Telecom
Part 3: Analysis using the Ecosystem: The GRIP Framework (1 hour)
Performance, Risk, Innovation and Governance of Global supply chains. The orchastrator model.
Part 4: Global Supply chain design (1.5 hours)
Global Supply chain design involves four steps: The supply chain formation, project management, supply chain planning and supply chain Governance, coordination and control. Example: Design of Green supply chain networks and carbon trading
Part 5: Research problems and Solution approaches (1 hour)
- Social Networks and Supply Chains
- Governance, Coordination and Control
- Orchestrator model for governance of SMEs
- Orchestration of Agri Supply Chains
- Location Selection based on Investment Climate
- Tax Integrated Global Supply Chains
- Game Theory and Supply Chain Coordination
- Scope for further research
Instructor's Biodata
N. Viswanadham is currently INAE Distinguished Professor at the Indian Institute of Science. He has held several prestigious positions earlier. N. Viswanadham was Professor and Executive Director for The Center of Excellence Global logistics and manufacturing strategies in the Indian school Of Business, Hyderabad, India during 2006-2011. He was Deputy Executive Director of The Logistics Institute-Asia Pacific and also Professor in Department of Mechanical and Production Engineering at the National University of Singapore during 1998-2005. He was a GE Research Fellow during 1989-90, Tata Chemicals Chair Professor at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, and the recipient of the 1996 IISc Alumni award for excellence in research. He was conferred the Distinguished Alumni Award for the year 2009 by the Council of the Indian Institute of Science.N. Viswanadham is a Fellow of the IEEE. He is also a Fellow of Indian National Science Academy, Indian Academy of Sciences, Indian National Academy of Engineering, and Third World Academy of Sciences. He was Editor-In-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Automation Sciences and Engineering during 2008-2011.
Professor Viswanadham has contributed significantly to the area of automation, and in particular, manufacturing and supply and service chain automation. He is the author of three textbooks, six edited volumes, over hundred journal articles and more than hundred conference papers on Automation. He is the lead author of the textbook entitled Performance Modeling of Automated Manufacturing Systems, published by Prentice Hall Inc., USA in 1992. This book is followed worldwide and was reprinted several times as the low cost edition. His book on Analysis of Manufacturing Enterprises - An approach to leveraging the value delivery processes for competitive advantage was published by Kluwer Academic publishers, Boston in 2000. Apart from his widely followed books, he has published many high impact papers on quantitative performance analysis of production, product development, logistics and supply chain processes of a manufacturing enterprise.
His current research interests include Global Supply and Service Chain Networks. He has developed an ecosystem framework for the analysis and design of supply/ service supply chain networks. He has written thought leadership papers on emerging market supply chains and rural supply chains. His current research is on providing food security to urban poor and on smart village development.
