Elastic manufacturing systems: A system view on operations, firm, and supply chain resilience

Kazantsev, Nikolai; Niewiadomski, Karol; El-Shafei, Basem; Murthy, Sudhir Rama; Chaplin, Jack; Martínez-Arellano, Giovanna; Ratchev, Svetan; Velu, Chander; Mcfarlane, Duncan; Minshall, Tim

Abstract

'Black swan' events-such as military conflicts, pandemics, and semiconductor crises-drastically change product volume and mix patterns and shorten how long manufacturers have to cost-effectively respond to them. This is a particular challenge for highly regulated industries, such as aerospace, automotive and food manufacturing, where the regulations reduce agility. To inform the design of future manufacturing systems, this paper collects data from 29 industrial companies across these industries and uses thematic analysis. We derive business 2 needs and existing responses to demand change, integrate these codes and suggest a way of operation using three-level uncertainty buffering when demand constantly fluctuates.

Citation

Kazantsev, N., Niewiadomski, K., El-Shafei, B., Murthy, S. R., Chaplin, J., Martínez-Arellano, G., …Minshall, T. (2023). Elastic manufacturing systems: A system view on operations, firm, and supply chain resilience.

• Conference Name: 30th EurOMA Conference
• Conference Location: Leuven, Belgium
• Start Date: Jul 3, 2023
• End Date: Jul 5, 2023
• Acceptance Date: Feb 21, 2023
• Online Publication Date: Jul 5, 2023
• Publication Date: Jul 5, 2023
• Deposit Date: Jun 8, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: Sep 14, 2023
• Keywords: Resilience; Manufacturing; System dynamics
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/21641661
• Related Public URLs: https://euroma2023.org/