Using simulation to manage project supply chain in the offshore oil and gas industry

Cigolini, Roberto; Pero, Margherita; Rossi, Tommaso; Sianesi, Andrea

doi:10.1080/09537287.2013.870360

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“…Since SC security-related problems seemed too ill structured to allow a simulation-based approach (Cigolini et al 2011(Cigolini et al , 2014(Cigolini et al , 2015, a case-based methodology has been chosen. Case studies are a powerful approach to understand complex phenomena, and whenever there is the need to answer to how and why questions (Yin 2003).…”

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Reinforcing supply chain security through organizational and cultural tools within the intermodal rail and road industry

Cigolini

Pero

Sianesi

2016

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Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to outline the role of organizational and cultural tools to increase supply chain security within the intermodal rail and road industry. Three main research questions are set, regarding: what organizational and cultural tools are used by companies within the intermodal rail and road industry; how these tools impact on security performance; and what environmental factors trigger the use of each tool. Design/methodology/approach - In total, 13 companies within the intermodal rail and road industry have been studied in detail through in-depth case studies. Findings - Results suggest that organizational and cultural tools impact positively on supply chain security, by reducing collusion and both operative and planning mistakes. In particular, such tools mitigate the effect of lack of cooperation and communication between partners and of inadequate partners. Practical implications - Results point out that the ability of organizational and cultural tools to increase supply chain security has not been fully exploited yet. Tools to mitigate the negative effects on security of inadequacy of partners are not popular or they are not considered as powerful enough, despite it has been highlighted as the most relevant causal factor of lack of security. Originality/value - This paper introduces a thorough overview of the effects of cultural and organizational tools on supply chain security and a detailed study of these tools in the area of intermodal rail-and-road transport

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Reinforcing supply chain security through organizational and cultural tools within the intermodal rail and road industry

Cigolini

Pero

Sianesi

2016

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“…The use of simulation as the tool to handle the stochastic nature of the problem was decided by the authors based on the numerous advantages encountered by researchers (e.g. Cigolini et al, 2015;Parthanadee et al, 2014;Wainer 2009;Law 2006;Banks 1998). For our case, the flexibility of the tool to assess the feasibility of different distribution scenarios, and to communicate and explain company managers the results was the most important advantage obtained from its use.…”

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A lean thinking and simulation-based approach for the improvement of routing operations

Villarreal

Garza‐Reyes

Kumar

2016

Industrial Management &Amp; Data Systems

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Purpose – The improvement of routing operations performance has been of great concern for organisations. This has led to the development of alternative lean-based methods, however the literature research on the applications of lean thinking in the transportation sector is still considered rather limited. The purpose of this paper is to present a lean thinking and simulation-based approach to improve the efficiency of warehousing and routing operations. Design/methodology/approach – The paper reviews the existing literature in the area of lean transportation and then presents and applies a novel approach to improve the vehicle routing operations of a Mexican firm. The proposed approach suggests the classification of wastes into those relevant to transport operations, their identification through a transportation value stream mapping study, and the use of the transportation overall vehicle effectiveness (TOVE) index for the measure of the overall performance of the transport operations. Findings – The results obtained from the case study indicate that the proposed approach is an effective alternative for the improvement of vehicle routing operations as the number of routes decreased from 30 to 22 and the distance travelled by 32 per cent. Similarly, the average number of clients served by each route increased by 23 per cent as well as the TOVE index increased from 6.9 to 19.3 per cent. The TOVE component measures of vehicle performance and operating availability efficiencies also increased significantly while quality issues, in the form of number of customers not served per route, were reduced from six to zero. Originality/value – The improvement of routing operations performance has been traditionally addressed through operations research and mathematical modelling approaches. This paper presents an alternative and novel lean thinking and simulation-based approach to improve the efficiency of routing operations.

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Development of an Asset Integrity decision support model for a fuel logistics network

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Using simulation to manage project supply chain in the offshore oil and gas industry

Cited by 6 publications

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Reinforcing supply chain security through organizational and cultural tools within the intermodal rail and road industry

Reinforcing supply chain security through organizational and cultural tools within the intermodal rail and road industry

A lean thinking and simulation-based approach for the improvement of routing operations

Development of an Asset Integrity decision support model for a fuel logistics network

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