Decisions in Supply Chains

The supply chain activities constitute a mega process and numerous decisions are involved in successful design and operation of supply chains [#!ragthesis!#]. Supply chain decision making is a complex process. Some of the important reasons for the complexity of the decision making process are:

• Large scale nature of the supply chain networks
• Hierarchical structure of decisions
• Randomness of various inputs and operations
• Dynamic nature of interactions among supply chain elements

 Supply chain decisions have been classified based on their temporal and functional consideration.