Enhancing the Resilience of a Semiconductor Supply Network via Modeling and Simulation of Business Continuity Strategies for Alternative Sites

A Case Study of Building a Resilient Supply Network at Infineon

Master thesis (2017)

Authors

Y. Chen Technology, Policy and Management

Contributors

A. Verbraeck (coach)
Martijn Warnier (supervisor 1)
S. Cunningham (supervisor 1)
Thomas Ponsignon (supervisor 1)
Faculty
Technology, Policy and Management
Copyright: © 2017 Yilin Chen
Decision-making Supply chain resilience Business continuity Discrete-event simulation Recovery strategies Semiconductor industry
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Published Date

21-08-2017

Language

English

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Faculty

Technology, Policy and Management

Abstract

Enhancing supply chain resilience is of vital importance in today’s business to manage and mitigate the risks, especially in the semiconductor industry challenged with long cycle times and short product life-cycles. Transferring production from a primary site to an alternative site after a disaster is one of the strategies to ensure resilience of the supply network. In this study, different types of alternative sites with various levels of preparedness are investigated. A discrete-event simulation is used to evaluate their operational and financial impacts under four different disruption scenarios. The simulation outcomes demonstrate unexpected positive benefits of various alternative sites in terms of fast recovery and resilience building.