Study On Supply Chain Risk Management Simulation Based On Artificial Immune Theory

Supply chain risk management has attracted more and more attention. To improve the reliability of the supply chain system through effective risk management and control, is just as significant as improving the efficiency of supply chain. Based on the traditional analysis theory, we only focus on the relationship between a few variables, and it could not solve the changing supply chain risk problems effectively. So, it is necessary to explore new SCRM ideas from the perspective of HolismSupply chain system fighting supply chain risks is very similar to biological immune system fighting virus. We build a supply chain risk management model with environment adaptive based on artificial immune theory. Merit-based learning and organizational memory are the two core parts of the supply chain risk management model we presented in this paper. The organization looks for optimal solution for the risk events by selecting-learning strategy. Supply chain accumulates risk management experience in the knowledge base, and this makes the supply chain’s risk management level grows with operation time. In order to verify the effectiveness of the supply chain risk management model we proposed in this paper, we create a simulation model based on our conceptual model. Based on the Netlogo simulation platform, we do several simulation experiments with multi-agent simulation technology. The simulation result shows that (1) supply chain risk management performance improves with operation time, and (2) the time need by supply chain to deal with risk events is decreasing gradually. In addition, knowledge sharing and risk drill could effectively improve the performance of supply chain risk management.Applying the artificial immune theory to supply chain risk management is an innovative attempt. It is significant to put forward the supply chain risk management model based on artificial immune. This paper promotes the development of supply chain risk management theory from the perspective of Holism. What is more, it could be helpful to create a supply chain risk management knowledge information system in the future.