Strategies and algorithms for operational planning and control are quite important to successful operations of a supply network. Implementation of a strategy requires substantial information system support, but few detailed designs of such systems have appeared in the literature. We designed an information system for a centralized management concept that could handle any type of strategy or algorithm. We developed algorithms for two different strategies deemed important by researchers and practitioners, push and pull, and implemented them in system modules. This information system performed well in simulations of the management of operations of an example six-stage supply network. This system provides an example for operational development as well as a platform for laboratory experiments.Planning and control decisions at one entity in a supply network impact decisions at other entities. Therefore to maximize global performance of a supply network, firms should coordinate their planning and control activities [1,4,6,8,11,20,23]. The success of a supply network depends greatly on the extent of this coordination [7].Although information system support is critically important, few detailed models or designs have appeared in the literature [12]. Therefore we sought to design and develop an information system that supports operational planning and control of a supply network.Most prior studies of supply chain management and many proposed systems address only linear supply chains. However, typically firms are linked together as a network rather than a linear chain. (A firm may have more than one supplier and more than one customer). So we wanted our system to handle a network.Strategies and algorithms for operational planning and control are quite important to successful operations. Although our main focus was development of an information system that could handle any type of strategy or algorithm, we developed algorithms for two different strategies deemed important by researchers and practitioners. Our main focus was development of an information system that could handle any type of strategy or algorithm. Each planning strategy can be implemented in a planning module. The developed system Springer
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