Network evolution model for supply chain with manufactures as the core.

ABSTRACT: Building evolution model of supply chain networks could be helpful to understand its development law. However, specific characteristics and attributes of real supply chains are often neglected in existing evolution models. This work proposes a new evolution model of supply chain with manufactures as the core, based on external market demand and internal competition-cooperation. The evolution model assumes the external market environment is relatively stable, considers several factors, including specific topology of supply chain, external market demand, ecological growth and flow conservation. The simulation results suggest that the networks evolved by our model have similar structures as real supply chains. Meanwhile, the influences of external market demand and internal competition-cooper

SUBMITTER: Fang H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5784947 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature