CIE53 | O15

Supply Chain Resilience and Sustainable Coordination

Tuesday, 20 October | 14:30-16:00 GST

Room 6 (provisional) | Online

Chair: Adriana Gabor

Conference schedule

Paper #191

Interplay of circular sourcing and operational control parameters in driving supply chain resilience

Rachele Fussone, Rebecca Fussone, Salvatore Cannella and Jose Manuel Framinan

Presenting author: Rachele Fussone

Abstract

Nowadays, disruptive events increasingly affect supply chain resilience and performance, while limited raw material availability drives global adoption of the Circular Economy paradigm. This study assesses how Circular Economy practices influence supply chain resilience by investigating the joint effect of structural design and operational control parameters through simulation-based analysis integrated with Design of Experiments. We examine five sourcing configurations, namely single-sourcing, double-sourcing, symbiotic-sourcing, closed-loop and circular-sourcing. Results show that structural design emerges as the primary determinant of resilience, shaping how supply chains respond to disruptions. At the same time, supply chain resilience is a dynamic outcome that depends on the alignment of sourcing strategies with operational policies. Overall, the adoption of Circular Economy-based sourcing strengthens absorptive capacity, to the extent that service continuity can be maintained without relying on high safety factors.

Paper #221

Resilience Assessment of California Logging Truck Networks Using a Topology-Aware KNN–Weibull Framework

Shailesh Chandra

Presenting author: Shailesh Chandra

Abstract

This paper presents the Probabilistic Topology-Aware Multi-Modal K-Nearest Neighbor (P-TAM-KNN) framework for assessing the resilience of California's Logging Truck Network (LTN). Two integrated contributions are made. First, Weibull reliability theory is embedded inside the KNN mechanism: the k structurally nearest bridge analogues identified by the Heterogeneous Network-Topology Distance (HNTD) are used as a distance-weighted sample for Weibull MLE, transforming every KNN query into a time-varying failure probability — the first use of KNN structural analogues as a Weibull parameter estimator. Second, the Supply Chain Resilience Index (SCRI) integrates the time-varying Weibull failure probability with corridor-level disruption severity and recovery capacity into a single risk metric, identifying US-101 as the most resilience-critical LTN corridor. Two-stream validation (KNN-Weibull parameters and Caltrans operational maintenance records) independently converges on US-101 as the highest-priority corridor for intervention.

Paper #47

Policy Stress Testing of Humanitarian Relief Networks under Disruption: A Preference-Guided Multi-Objective Optimisation Approach

Ismail Ali

Presenting author: Ismail M. Ali

Abstract

Disrupted humanitarian supply chains require decisions that are fast, interpretable, and robust to operational deterioration. This paper develops a policy stress-testing framework for relief-network planning under disruption by transforming multi-objective optimisation outputs into policy classes that can be compared under different operating scales. A scenario-based humanitarian supply chain model is solved using a preference-guided extension of NSGA-II, and the resulting non-dominated solutions are translated into lean, balanced, and resilient policy classes. Three test cases are considered, representing local, regional, and corridor-level relief operations. The numerical study shows that preference-guided search consistently identifies policies with better service continuity and lower resilience loss than classical baselines, while the graphical stress-testing analysis clarifies the trade-off between additional cost and service protection. The study demonstrates how disruption data can be converted into policy-relevant insight for humanitarian logistics planning.

Paper #64

Coordinating Emission Reduction in a Multi-Supplier Green Supply Chain

Hexin Wang

Presenting author: Hexin Wang

Abstract

This paper studies coordination of emission reduction in a green supply chain with one manufacturer and multiple heterogeneous suppliers. Suppliers bear abatement investment costs while the demand benefit from a greener final product is shared across the channel. We develop an analytical game model with endogenous retail pricing and fixed abatement investment costs. The results show that decentralized decisions reduce total supply chain profit and misalign abatement incentives but may induce higher abatement than the centralized benchmark when high-margin low-cost suppliers over-invest in abatement capability. We then design two second-best overlay contracts cost sharing and manufacturer subsidy that operate on top of existing wholesale prices. The multi-supplier structure matters because the two contracts aggregate supplier heterogeneity differently and create cross-supplier demand spillovers. Numerical results compare both profit recovery and abatement proximity to the centralized benchmark.