SGR Chain is an education platform that offers interactive apps to explore the design of supply chain networks, considering costs and service as well as themes of resilience and sustainability. The apps feature cases inspired by real-world supply chains to explore emerging topics such as reshoring and shortages in supply chains. Conceptually, the apps are based on famous operations research models such as the facility location problem and its extensions and research papers by Simchi Levi et al. (2015), Allon and Van Mieghem (2010), Jordan and Graves (1995), among others.


The platform is maintained at the Worms University of Applied Sciences, Germany. The development of the platform was funded by the federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (OpenEdu-RLP).


We are currently in a public beta test phase. We appreciate any feedback and notifications if you intend to use this content in academic education. Teaching notes will be added to the platform soon. We also offer training courses tailored to companies; please contact us for further information.

Dualsource

Dualsource

Explore the benefits of dual sourcing (near- and offshoring) and its value drivers.
Network Design

Network Design

Design a distribution network and evaluate the impact on costs, service, and CO2 emissions.
Reshoring

Reshoring

Design global sourcing strategies considering both landed cost and CO2 emissions, and assess the potential for reshoring.
Flexibility

Flexibility

Explore the power of flexibility and design smart flexibility strategies in resource networks.
E2E Risk: Wireless

E2E Risk: Wireless

Study risks and drug shortages in a global pharma supply chain and evaluate risk mitigation strategies.
E2E Risk: Pharma

E2E Risk: Pharma

Explore the effectiveness of data-driven risk analysis within the supply chain of a large internet service provider




In the press:
Smart, grün, resilient (Logistik Heute 12/2023)