<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>47</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Carvalho, H.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cruz-Machado, V.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Designing principles to create resilient Supply Chains</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Proceedings of the 2007 Industrial Engineering Research Conference</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2007</style></year></dates><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nashville, USA</style></pub-location><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">186–191</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;This paper explores the designing principles to create resilient Supply Chains ({SC)} with the ability to return, rapidly, to the initial stage or to an improved one after a disturbance occurrence. Supply chain disturbances and failure modes are identified and discussed. The concept of resilience applied to {SCs} is defined and explored; a conceptual {SC} Resilience Index and a {SC} Resilience Indicator are proposed. A framework for the design of resilient supply chains is introduced, identifying main {SC} characteristic that can be modified to increase {SC} resilience and to mitigate its inherent vulnerability. An exploratory simulation study is presented to test the design of alternative {SC} scenarios.&lt;/p&gt;
</style></abstract><notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;n/a&lt;/p&gt;
</style></notes></record></records></xml>