Nowadays, supply chain management (SCM) is a popular practice in manufacturing systems. The concept of SCM has forced members to find ways to cut costs and bring performance benefits to the firms. In the creation of long-term partnerships in the supply chain, the collaboration between supply...

Many organizations have only recently recognized that sharing information with other members in their supply chain can lead to signficant reduction in the total costs.Usually these information flows are incorporated into existing operating policies at the various parties.In this paper we argue...

Analytics and model-based decision-making support -- Demand Forecasting, Production Planning and Inventory Control -- Discrete-Event Simulation of manufacturing processes and inventory control -- Facility location planning and network optimization -- Supply chain risk and resilience analytics.