Cybernetic Control in a Supply Chain: Wave Propagation and Resonance
The cybernetic control and management of production can be improved by an understanding of the dynamics of the supply chains for the production organizations. This paper describes an attempt to better understand the dynamics of a linear supply chain through the application of the normal mode analysi...
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doaj-632871bb5f214019af5a94ef0df4fd102020-11-24T22:01:58ZengInternational Institute of Informatics and CyberneticsJournal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics1690-45242006-10-01452530Cybernetic Control in a Supply Chain: Wave Propagation and ResonanceKen Dozier0David Chang1 University of Southern California University of Southern California The cybernetic control and management of production can be improved by an understanding of the dynamics of the supply chains for the production organizations. This paper describes an attempt to better understand the dynamics of a linear supply chain through the application of the normal mode analysis technique of physics. A model is considered in which an organization's response to a perturbation from the steady state is affected by the inertia which the company naturally exhibits. This inertia determines how rapidly an organization can respond to deviations from the steady state of its own inventories and those of the two organizations immediately preceding and following it in the chain. The model equations describe the oscillatory phenomena of the naturally occurring normal modes in the chain, in which waves of deviations from the steady state situation travel forward and backwards through the chain. It would be expected that the most effective cybernetic control occurs when resonant interventions cause either amplification or damping of the deviations from the steady state.http://www.iiisci.org/Journal/CV$/sci/pdfs/P871478.pdf manufacturing supply chainsmanagement controlnormal modescybernetic controltemporal effectsgovernment intervention |
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Cybernetic Control in a Supply Chain: Wave Propagation and Resonance |
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Cybernetic Control in a Supply Chain: Wave Propagation and Resonance |
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Cybernetic Control in a Supply Chain: Wave Propagation and Resonance |
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Cybernetic Control in a Supply Chain: Wave Propagation and Resonance |
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Cybernetic Control in a Supply Chain: Wave Propagation and Resonance |
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cybernetic control in a supply chain: wave propagation and resonance |
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International Institute of Informatics and Cybernetics |
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Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics |
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2006-10-01 |
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The cybernetic control and management of production can be improved by an understanding of the dynamics of the supply chains for the production organizations. This paper describes an attempt to better understand the dynamics of a linear supply chain through the application of the normal mode analysis technique of physics. A model is considered in which an organization's response to a perturbation from the steady state is affected by the inertia which the company naturally exhibits. This inertia determines how rapidly an organization can respond to deviations from the steady state of its own inventories and those of the two organizations immediately preceding and following it in the chain. The model equations describe the oscillatory phenomena of the naturally occurring normal modes in the chain, in which waves of deviations from the steady state situation travel forward and backwards through the chain. It would be expected that the most effective cybernetic control occurs when resonant interventions cause either amplification or damping of the deviations from the steady state. |
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manufacturing supply chains management control normal modes cybernetic control temporal effects government intervention |
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