Framework for Modelling the Decision: View of the Supply Chains Collaborative Planning Process

[EN] In the supply chains operations planning context, and from a research viewpoint, it has been mainly assumed that different supply chain members make decisions in a centralised manner (one decision centre). However, reality shows that this is not the most usual situation, rather distributed supply chain decision making is. This paper proposes a framework to support modelling the decisional view of collaborative planning from a decision-making process perspective for both centralised and distributed situations. Along these lines, the framework assumes that the supply chain may be composed of one or several decision centres which aim to support every supply chain planning operation. Therefore, the main framework contributions are: consideration of decisions jointly with physical, organisation and information views; the spatial and temporal integration among the different supply chain decision centres; the definition of the macro level for “conceptually” modelling the collaborative planning process and the micro level for developing analytical models in all the decisional activities identified in the supply chains operations planning process. Finally, a brief overview of a real case application is also described.This work is derived from the authors’ participation in two research projects. The first one was funded by the spanish ministry of science and technology, entitled “Personalización en Masa y Cadenas de Suministro Inteligentes, con Productos y Procesos Complejos (PERMACASI)” Ref. DPI 2008-06788-C02-01. The second one was funded by the spanish ministry of economy and competitiveness (Ref. DPI2011-23597) and the universitat politècnica de València (Ref. PAID06-11/1840), entitled “Methods and models for operations planning and order management in supply chains characterized by uncertainty in production due to the lack of product uniformity” (PLANGES-FHP). We also mention the aid obtained from the universitat politècnica de València for the visiting stays made by academic and research staff in prestigious european research groups/centres, in this case the ULMS (university of Liverpool management school) as part of its “research and development support programme” (PAID-00-11).Pérez Perales, D.; Lario Esteban, FC.; Alemany Díaz, MDM.; Hernández Hormazábal, JE. (2012). Framework for Modelling the Decision: View of the Supply Chains Collaborative Planning Process. International Journal of Decision Support Systems. 4(2):59-77. https://doi.org/10.4018/jdsst.2012040104S59774