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This chapter introduces a new approach for modeling and design analysis of supply chain networks. A supply chain defines a network of enterprises that should work in harmony according to a set of business protocols. Traditionally, the business protocol within a supply chain is pre-defined so that changes in one business may potentially require extensive changes and set-ups on the other business partners. What we are proposing in this chapter provides the framework for a new paradigm so that some aspects of business protocol defined across the supply chain do not have to be pre-defined. Instead the inter- and intra-business logic within the supply chain provides reconfigurability and scalability across the network. Our modeling and design paradigm is built upon the results obtained from the discrete event control-theoretic subject area. The results from our methodology provide a blueprint for the design of enterprise software that coordinate the various tasks within an enterprise and between the enterprises in a supply chain network.
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Darabi, H., Jafari, M.A. (2003). Finite Automata Modeling and Analysis of Supply Chain Networks. In: Prabhu, V., Kumara, S., Kamath, M. (eds) Scalable Enterprise Systems. Integrated Series in Information Systems, vol 3. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0389-7_3
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