Purpose: This paper describes the use of simulation and case-study research to assess flexibility gains induced by the …, Just-in-Time Delivery by Suppliers, and Single Minute Exchange of Dies. Findings: To investigate the flexibility … performed our analysis. We quantify the flexibility of different configurations according to the new 5-step approach in order to …

-chain needs at least Ω(n/ε) arcs. Such a result indicates k-chain only achieves 1-Ω(1/k) of the full flexibility in expectation …

We study a hybrid strategy that uses both process flexibility and finished goods inventory for supply chain risk … mitigation. The interplay between process flexibility and inventory is modeled as a two-stage robust optimization problem. In the … of flexibility designs known as the K-chains, our analysis shows that the optimal inventory decision critically depends …

Extant research on organizational agility leans more toward flexibility in the face of environmental changes and …

flexibility. In this paper, we propose an optimal scheduling method for a microgrid that can provide the flexible ramping …