Title: Modelling and simulation of e-business impact on supply chain

Authors: Han Yaxin, Xu Xuejun, Xie Zhuojun

Addresses: Research Center of Industrial Engineering and Institute for New Industrialisation Development, School of Business Administration, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, PR China. ' Research Center of Industrial Engineering and Institute for New Industrialisation Development, School of Business Administration, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, PR China. ' Economics and Trade Department of Guangdong Women's Polytechnic College, Guangzhou, 511450, PR China

Abstract: With the impact of the e-business enabled supply chain on manufacturers and other members being deeply well understood and exploited, new supply chain strategies, such as vendor-managed inventory, collaborative planning, forecasting and replenishment, and efficient consumer response, have begun to exploit these new communication channels. This paper is aimed at establishing e-business-enabled supply chain procedure models and simulation research for quantifying the impact of information and communication technologies. Simulation results of e-business supply chains illuminate diverse practical effects under different kinds of demand.

Keywords: e-business; electronic business; supply chain management; SCM; role-based models; supply chain simulation; modelling; ICT; information technology; communications.

DOI: 10.1504/IJIEM.2008.018308

International Journal of Internet and Enterprise Management, 2008 Vol.5 No.3, pp.198 - 211

Published online: 15 May 2008 *

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