| Abbreviations | p. xxxi |
| Evolution of Supply Chain Management (SCM) | p. 1 |
| Role of SCM in Enterprise Management | p. 1 |
| Predecessors and Establishment of SCM | p. 4 |
| Market and Enterprise Management Developments 1960-2010 | p. 4 |
| Objective Economic Grounds of SCM Development | p. 4 |
| Development and Merit of SCM | p. 5 |
| Organizational Aspects of SCM | p. 6 |
| SCM and Related Disciplines | p. 10 |
| Logistics and SCM | p. 10 |
| The Multi-disciplinary Nature of SCM | p. 12 |
| The Main Directions of Research on SCM | p. 13 |
| References | p. 15 |
| Conceptual Frameworks for SCM | p. 19 |
| Agile, Flexible and Responsive Supply Chains | p. 19 |
| Postponement, Modularization and Agility | p. 20 |
| Virtualization and Agility | p. 21 |
| Coordination and Agility | p. 22 |
| Flexibility, Coordination and Agility | p. 22 |
| Vision of the Adaptive SCM (A-SCM): Conceptual Framework | p. 23 |
| Adaptive Supply Chains: State of the Art | p. 23 |
| Basic Terms and Definitions | p. 26 |
| A-SCM Framework | p. 27 |
| A-SCM Drivers and Organization | p. 28 |
| Application Issues | p. 31 |
| References | p. 31 |
| Decision-making Support for SCM | p. 35 |
| Model-based Decision-making Support | p. 35 |
| Models: Basic Terms and Classifications | p. 35 |
| Mathematical Models | p. 39 |
| Information Models | p. 40 |
| Information Systems-based Decision-making Support | p. 42 |
| Coordination and Information Technologies | p. 42 |
| Classification of Information Technologies in SCM | p. 44 |
| Impact of Information Technology on Management | p. 46 |
| Integrated Frameworks of Decision-making Support | p. 47 |
| Information View of Integrated Modelling Frameworks | p. 47 |
| Mathematical View of Integrated Modelling Frameworks | p. 48 |
| Main Requirements for Integrated Decision-support Systems | p. 49 |
| References | p. 52 |
| Challenges in Research on Modern and Future Supply Chains | p. 57 |
| Potential Supply Chain Performance and Stability | p. 57 |
| Uncertainty and Dynamics | p. 58 |
| Interrelations and Optimality of Decisions | p. 59 |
| Multi-structural Nature of Supply Chains | p. 60 |
| Multi-Disciplinary Modelling | p. 61 |
| Establishing Links to Product Life Cycle, Related Enterprise Management Functions and the Environment | p. 62 |
| Information Technologies and Organizational Aspects | p. 63 |
| Twelve Main Misunderstandings of SCM | p. 63 |
| References | p. 65 |
| Uncertainty, Risk and Complexity | p. 69 |
| Origins and Variety of Uncertainty | p. 69 |
| Uncertainty and Perturbation Impacts | p. 69 |
| Sources of Uncertainty | p. 70 |
| Uncertainty within the Complexity Management | p. 73 |
| Risk Management in Supply Chains | p. 74 |
| Supply Chains as Complex Systems | p. 76 |
| Practical Issues of Uncertainty in Supply Chains | p. 78 |
| References | p. 79 |
| Handling Uncertainty in Supply Chains | p. 81 |
| Supply Chain Security | p. 81 |
| Purposeful Perturbation Influences on Supply Chains | p. 81 |
| The Concept and Tools of Supply Chain Security | p. 82 |
| Supply Chain Vulnerability | p. 84 |
| Prevention of Non-purposeful Perturbation Impacts on Supply Chains | p. 84 |
| Supply Chain Adjustment in the Case of Non-purposeful Perturbation Impacts | p. 85 |
| Managerial Impacts to Handle Uncertainty in Supply Chains | p. 86 |
| Supply Chain Reliability | p. 87 |
| Supply Chain Flexibility and Adaptation | p. 87 |
| References | p. 89 |
| Stream: Stability-based Realization of Economic Performance and Management | p. 93 |
| Necessity for Stream | p. 93 |
| Economic Performance and Stability of Supply Chains: A Strategic Analysis | p. 94 |
| "Waterline" Concept for Stability Analysis | p. 94 |
| Factors of Stability Decrease and Maintenance | p. 95 |
| Terminological Basics of Global Stability Analysis at the Tactical-Operational Level | p. 96 |
| Interrelations of Properties | p. 100 |
| Robustness, Adaptability and Adaptation | p. 101 |
| Resilience and BIBO Stability | p. 103 |
| Supply Chain Global Stability and Manageability | p. 105 |
| Example of Decision Making in the Case of Perturbation Influences | p. 108 |
| General Algorithms of Supply Chain (Re)planning Under Uncertainty | p. 110 |
| General Algorithm of Supply Chain Planning | p. 110 |
| General Algorithm of Supply Chain Replanning | p. 113 |
| References | p. 116 |
| Quantitative Modelling of Supply Chains | p. 119 |
| Operations Research | p. 119 |
| Optimization | p. 119 |
| Simulation | p. 121 |
| Heuristics | p. 123 |
| Control Theory | p. 124 |
| Control Theory Basics | p. 124 |
| Advantages of Control Theory Application in the SCM Domain | p. 127 |
| Shortcomings and Requirements for Extension | p. 129 |
| Complex Adaptive Systems and Multi-agent Systems | p. 130 |
| Critical Analysis | p. 131 |
| References | p. 132 |
| DIMA - Decentralized Integrated Modelling Approach | p. 137 |
| General Basics of DIMA | p. 137 |
| Active Modelling Objects | p. 139 |
| Integration Views | p. 140 |
| Multi-model Complexes and Qualimetry of Models | p. 143 |
| Decentralization | p. 147 |
| Integrated Modelling for Supply Chain Adaptive Planning and Execution | p. 148 |
| References | p. 150 |
| Structure Dynamics Control and Multi-model Analysis | p. 153 |
| On the Control Approach: Conceptual and Mathematical Issues | p. 153 |
| Basics of Structure Dynamics Control | p. 155 |
| Multi-model Description of Supply Chain Control Processes | p. 159 |
| General Formal Statement of the Supply Chain Structure Dynamics Control Problem | p. 162 |
| Generalized Dynamic Model of Supply Chain Control Processes (M Model) | p. 164 |
| Main Phases and Steps of Optimal Structure Dynamics Control Modelling | p. 166 |
| Supply Chain Synthesis Algorithm | p. 166 |
| Method of Attainable Sets for the Evaluation of Supply Chain Goal Abilities | p. 166 |
| Supply Chain Resynthesis Algorithm | p. 170 |
| References | p. 171 |
| Adaptive Planning of Supply Chains | p. 173 |
| Planning | p. 173 |
| Adaptive Planning | p. 176 |
| Adaptation Framework | p. 177 |
| Controller Concept | p. 179 |
| Supply Chain Planning Levels and Their Reflections | p. 180 |
| References | p. 182 |
| Modelling Operations Dynamics, Planning and Scheduling | p. 185 |
| Research Approach | p. 185 |
| Dynamic Models of Operations Dynamics Control | p. 186 |
| Dynamic Model of Collaborative Operations Control | p. 187 |
| Dynamic Model of Resource Control | p. 191 |
| Dynamic Model of Flow Control | p. 192 |
| Integrated Dynamic Model of Supply Chain Operations Control | p. 194 |
| Formal Problem Statement of Complex Operations Dynamics Control | p. 195 |
| Algorithms of Operations Dynamics Planning and Scheduling | p. 195 |
| Transformation of the Optimal Control Problem to the Boundary Problem | p. 195 |
| Existing Methods for Optimal Control Based on the Maximum Principle | p. 199 |
| Propocsed Algorithm of Supply Chain Scheduling | p. 201 |
| Concluding Remarks | p. 202 |
| References | p. 203 |
| Supply Chain Reconfiguration and Models' Adaptation | p. 205 |
| Variety of Supply Chain Reconfiguration Issues | p. 205 |
| Mathematical Model of the Supply Chain Reconfiguration | p. 206 |
| Algorithms of Supply Chain Parametrical and Structural Model Adaptation | p. 213 |
| Parametric Adaptation | p. 214 |
| Structural Adaptation | p. 216 |
| References | p. 218 |
| Models of Supply Chain Global Stability and Manageability | p. 219 |
| General Remarks on the Evaluation of Supply Chain Goal Abilities | p. 219 |
| Construction of the Attainable Sets | p. 220 |
| Dynamic Multi-criteria Model of Supply Chain Global Stability Analysis | p. 223 |
| Stability Analysis Models for Different Input Data | p. 224 |
| Deterministic Data | p. 224 |
| Stochastic Data | p. 227 |
| Interval Data | p. 228 |
| Stability Index Calculation | p. 230 |
| References | p. 232 |
| Experimental Environment | p. 233 |
| Concept of the United Experimental Environment | p. 233 |
| Integrated Supply Chain Planning and Scheduling | p. 234 |
| Supply Chain Stability Analysis | p. 238 |
| References | p. 241 |
| Conclusion | p. 243 |
| Discussion of Findings | p. 243 |
| Future Research Outlook | p. 249 |
| Glossary | p. 251 |
| Notations | p. 257 |
| Index | p. 267 |
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