Operations Research for Supply chain management – An Overview of Issue and Contributions

Abstract

Abstract The Logistics and Production Network Administration agrees that this is a mandatory research area, although there are some written reviews and examinations on this field. Operations research, which is also known as ‘Science of Better’ deals with mathematical models in order to take better decisions with better alternative options. A review of chronological progresses in Supply Chain Management (SCM)and SC modeling is offered to provide an insight into the development and possibilities of SCM modeling. This article is set out to suggest some serious issues in SCM research by means of several reviews related to the policy of Operations Administration. This paper focuses on the reviewing of various mathematical models proposed and suggested for SCM and SC operations. The article intends to study and analyze journals, books and articles published from the most known and comprehensive international journal on operations management and logistics. The purpose of this work is to identify trends in the literature and identify strategic results, financial strictures, limitations and related issues in strategic planning and model chain design. Finally, certain guidelines and recommendations are provided for supporting future work in this area.