Supply chain research based on complex network theory

作者：Jun-Ying Cui, Shuqi Xu, Na Xu, Liming Pan, Linyuan Lü · 发表于：Acta Physica Sinica · 年份：2024 · DOI：10.7498/aps.73.20240702 · 被引用次数：9 · 研究领域：Supply Chain Resilience and Risk Management、Product Development and Customization、Economic and Technological Innovation

Supply chain is a chain structure formed by the sequential processes of production and distribution, spanning from raw material suppliers to end customers. An efficient and reliable supply chain is of great significance in enhancing enterprise’s market competitiveness and promoting sustainable social and economic development. The supply chain includes the interconnected flows of materials, resources, capital, and information across various stages, including procurement, production, warehousing, distribution, customer service, information management, and financial management. By representing the various participants in the supply chain as nodes and their interactions—such as the logistics, capital flow, information flow, and other interactions—as edges, the supply chain can be described and characterized as a complex network. In recent years, using complex network theory and methods to model and analyze supply chains has attracted increasing attention from researchers. This paper systematically reviews the supply chain research based on complex network theory, providing an in-depth analysis of supply chain networks in terms of network construction, structural properties, and management characteristics. First, this paper reviews two kinds of approaches to constructing supply chain network: empirical data-based approach and network model-based approach. In the empirical data-based research, scholars use common supply chain databases or integrate multiple data sources to identify...