Supply chain conflict detection with coloured petri nets
Journal of Advances in Management Research
ISSN: 0972-7981
Article publication date: 26 October 2012
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to present and test a methodology, extending the concept of hierarchical Petri nets, to discover conflicts in a distribution channel.
Design/methodology/approach
The approach involves linking different levels of the supply chain and detecting conflicts occurring when the single entities, each optimized for its own operations, are combined together in a supply chain. Specifically, a methodology is proposed for synthesizing individual Petri Net models combined with matrix equations in order to detect and manage conflicts in a supply chain. These conflicts may stem from differing goals, planning and resources.
Findings
The methodology offers the user the ability to investigate the potential for conflicts in the system and manage the system to avoid such conflicts before they occur. The proposed approach holds promise for both the short term and long term for effective supply chain management and design. This would enable the supply chain to put sufficient protection (e.g. buffers) in strategic locations relative to the potential conflict or contingency plans in place to handle the conflict when it occurs.
Originality/value
While the ability to discover and pre‐empt conflicts would be a valuable asset to the management and design of supply chains, there is little insight found, to date, in the research on effective methods to realize detection. The current paper provides a systematic approach through the development of a hierarchical Petri net extension to detect conflicts prior to occurrence in an integrated supply chain system.
Keywords
Citation
John, F.R. and Prasad, P.S.S. (2012), "Supply chain conflict detection with coloured petri nets", Journal of Advances in Management Research, Vol. 9 No. 2, pp. 208-216. https://doi.org/10.1108/09727981211271959
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2012, Emerald Group Publishing Limited