Supply Chain Assessment for addressing imprecise Transportation Delays and Resilience factors

Abstract

A three-echelon supply chain (SC) has been considered in which the disruption may occur in a transportation system. The factors of resilience are visibility, velocity, redundancy and flexibility. First, an SC is designed and simulated. The simulation is carried out for different scenarios which are a combination of different policies. Several outputs including average time in system, utility of resources, number of breakdowns, and total cost are computed. Then, fuzzy data envelopment analysis is used to identify the preferred scenario. The proposed policy of this study would help managers to identify the preferred strategy. The results show the important role of visibility and redundancy among the factors of resilience.