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8.1.1 Application of Systems Engineering to Industrial Supply Chains
Author(s) -
Haskins Cecilia
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
incose international symposium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-5837
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-5837.2006.tb02798.x
Subject(s) - multidisciplinary approach , supply chain , foundation (evidence) , process (computing) , computer science , systems engineering , engineering , process management , business , geography , sociology , marketing , operating system , social science , archaeology
This paper discusses the application of systems engineering alongside industrial ecology, systems dynamics and soft systems methodology to the study of industrial supply chains. As supply chains are ultimately a human activity, a multidisciplinary approach must include human‐centric investigation and knowledge‐sharing techniques. Systems engineering is seen as a proper foundation for defining a process for which the characteristics are unknown and for solving the problems found in cross‐organizational supply chains. Building on (Haskins 2003, 2004), Christopher Alexander's pattern language approaches are considered as a mechanism for sharing best practices. The paper closes with suggestions for the direction of further research.