A Supply Chain Collaboration Model Based on System Dynamics

This paper used the tool of system dynamics to build an evolutionary model of self-organization for the supply chain collaboration. By solving and the analysis of applications, we know that the two order parameters of supply chain collaboration and profitability determine the self-organized evolution of the system. If the supply chain collaboration has not reached the critical region, the deviation caused by random fluctuations will continue to decay until it disappears, and finally return to the original state. When the system parameters meet to the conditions of non-stability, random fluctuations will lead to the changes of the orderly structure of the system. The model reveals the evolutionary processes and nature of supply chain collaboration, and provides a basis for the development of the supply chain enterprises.