Structure Analysis of Supply Chain Networks Based on Complex Network Theory

Author

Keqiang, Wang ; Zhaofeng, Zeng ; Dongchuan, Sun

Author_Institution

Sch. of Bus. Adm., South China Univ. of Technol., Guangzhou

fYear

2008

fDate

3-5 Dec. 2008

Firstpage

493

Lastpage

494

Abstract

Supply chain network could be seen as a complex network which consists of lots of suppliers, retailers, consumers and their relations. The structure of complex supply chain network is an important issue. The authors investigated Guangzhou automotive industry supply chain network. This network is formed by 84 enterprises, which Guangzhou Honda, Dongfeng-Nissan and Guangzhou-Toyota are key hubs of the network. Some statistical attributes of the network were calculated, such as degree distribution, average path length, and clustering coefficient,. The statistical result shows that Guangzhou automotive industry supply chain network is a complex network possessing attributes of small-word and scale-free.

Keywords

automotive engineering; statistical analysis; supply chain management; Dongfeng-Nissan; Guangzhou Honda; Guangzhou automotive industry supply chain network; Guangzhou-Toyota; average path length; clustering coefficient; complex network possessing attributes; complex network theory; complex supply chain network; degree distribution; statistical attributes; structure analysis; supply chain networks; Agricultural engineering; Automobiles; Automotive engineering; Complex networks; Information analysis; Intelligent networks; Knowledge engineering; Network topology; Robustness; Supply chains; complex network; structure; supply chain;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Semantics, Knowledge and Grid, 2008. SKG '08. Fourth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Beijing

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-3401-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-0-7695-3401-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SKG.2008.71

Filename

4725975