LIUC Papers n. 249, luglio 2012 - Metodi quantitativi, 20

Literature review on complex network methods applied to measure robustness in supply chain design

Fernanda Strozzi, Claudia Colicchia

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Dr. Fernanda Strozzi

Fernanda Strozzi si è laureata in Matematica a Pavia ed ha conseguito il dottorato in Ingegneria chimica presso l’università di Twente in Olanda. E’ docente di Simulazione e Gestione di Sistemi Discreti e di Metodi Matematici per le Applicazioni Industriali presso l’Università Cattaneo-LIUC. I suoi principali interessi di ricerca riguardano la teoria dei sistemi non lineari, lo studio delle serie temporali ed i legami tra dinamica e topologia nelle reti. Su questi temi è autrice di circa 100 pubblicazioni di cui 30 su riviste “peer-review” in collaborazione con centri di ricerca nazionali ed esteri. E’ stata coordinatrice presso la LIUC, di due progetti Europei, uno sulla sicurezza dei reattori chimici (AWARD, 2002-2005) e un altro sulla teoria delle reti complesse applicata alle reti sviluppate dall’uomo come ad esempio le reti elettriche e logistiche (MANMADE, 2007-2009).

Fernanda Strozzi graduated in Mathematics at the University of Pavia, and received her PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Twente in the Netherlands. She is teaching Management and Simulation of Discrete Systems and Mathematical Methods for Industrial Applications at the Cattaneo University-LIUC. Her main research interests include the theory of nonlinear systems, the study of time series and the links between dynamics and topology in networks. On these issues she is the author of about 100 publications including 30 in peer-review journals in collaboration with national and foreign research centers. She was the LIUC coordinator of two European projects, one on the safety of chemical reactors (AWARD, 2002-2005) and another on the theory of complex networks applied to networks developed by man such as power grids and supply chains (Manmade, 2007-2009).

Dr. Claudia Colicchia

Claudia Colicchia è laureata con lode in Ingegneria Gestionale (2007) ed è dottore di ricerca in Gestione Integrata d'Impresa (2010), titoli ottenuti presso l'Università Carlo Cattaneo - LIUC di Castellanza. Dal 2008 è abilitata all'esercizio della professione di Ingegnere Industriale. Nel 2009 ha ottenuto il master in Gestione

Strategica degli Acquisti e della Supply Chain del MIP - Politecnico di Milano.

A partire da ottobre 2010, ha intrapreso una collaborazione di ricerca con la Cranfield University – School of Management, tutt'ora attiva, dopo un semestre in qualità di visiting researcher. È attualmente assegnista di ricerca presso la Facoltà di Ingegneria Gestionale dell'Università LIUC, ricercatrice presso il Centro di Ricerca sulla Logistica della LIUC, collaboratrice alla didattica presso la medesima facoltà. Claudia è collaboratrice alla docenza presso la Facoltà di Ingegneria dei Sistemi del Politecnico di Milano. La sua attività scientifica si è sviluppata su tre linee di ricerca principali: gestione del rischio nella Supply Chain, progettazione e gestione delle reti logistiche, sostenibilità delle Supply Chain. I risultati dell'attività scientifica hanno consentito la realizzazione di articoli presentati a conferenze internazionali e pubblicati sulle principali testate nazionali del settore e su riviste scientifiche internazionali.

Claudia Colicchia, after having obtained an MSc in Management and Industrial Engineering in 2007 and her Ph.D. in Management and Industrial Engineering in 2010 at LIUC University (Italy), successfully completed an MBA programme in Strategic Supply Chain and Purchasing Management at MIP Politecnico di Milano (Italy). Since October 2010, she started a research exchange program with Cranfield University School of Management, still ongoing, after having spent there a semester as a visiting researcher. Since 2008 she is licensed to practice the profession of Industrial Engineer. Claudia is assistant researcher at the Faculty of Management and Industrial Engineering at LIUC University, researcher at the Logistics Research Centre of LIUC University, assistant teacher and adjunct lecturer at LIUC University and at the Faculty of Systems Engineering of Politecnico di Milano. Her scientific activity has been focusing on three main research streams: Supply Chain Risk Management, Design, planning and management of logistics networks, Supply Chain sustainability. She is author and co-authour of several scientific papers published on peer-reviewed international journals and national journals and presented at worldwide conferences.

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Abstract

The aim of this work is to perform a literature review, using Citation Network Analysis and the related software package Citation Network Analyzer (CNA), on the concepts of robustness and resilience defined according to the complex networks theory and applied to Supply Chain Design. There are several contributions that consider the concepts of robustness and resilience in the Supply Chain Design (SCD) (http://www.husdal.com/2008/04/28/robustness-flexibility-and-resilience-in- the supply-chain-/), but few of them attempt to quantify these concepts using existing measures from the theory of Complex Networks (CN). The methodology employed in this work was as follows: first we have identified the relevant keywords, then, using CNA (http://www.lecy.info/resources/CNA%20Overview.pdf), we have investigated Google Scholar database through search strings (derived from grouping keywords) to find the documents containing these keywords in the abstract or in the text and thus relevant for our purposes. Using CNA we have built a citation network and, finally, the generated network has been studied applying citation network analysis. Although the subject of this literature review can be of limited interest to a broad audience, we believe that the methodology employed is of general applicability. Any researcher, who wishes to study or apply concepts from other disciplines, needs skills in different fields. The proposed methodology is convenient, fast and objective, in supporting research and literatre review in different disciplines, albeit it presents some limitations primarily related to the consideration of the citations only.

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