Title: A goal model-driven supply chain design

Authors: Charu Chandra, Janis Grabis

Addresses: Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, University of Michigan-Dearborn, Dearborn, MI 48128, USA. ' Institute of Information Technology, Riga Technical University, Riga, LV-1658, Latvia

Abstract: Modern decision-making problems are often characterised by a high degree of complexity and supply chain design is a good example of such a complex problem. In order to solve it, different problem-solving techniques, including descriptive modelling, quantitative modelling, computerised implementation and the presentation of results, should be considered. To achieve that, the goal model-driven supply chain design approach is proposed in this paper. This approach uses the principles of model- driven development to combine various problem-solving techniques. The paper describes the use of goal modelling to formally represent the supply chain design problem, defines transformations to obtain the multi-objective optimisation model on the basis of the goal model and uses business intelligence methods to represent modelling results. An example demonstrating the goal model-driven supply chain design is provided.

Keywords: multi-objective optimisation; goal modelling; dashboards; supply chain design; supply chain management; SCM.

DOI: 10.1504/IJDATS.2009.024294

International Journal of Data Analysis Techniques and Strategies, 2009 Vol.1 No.3, pp.224 - 241

Published online: 31 Mar 2009 *

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