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Supply Chain Design and Analysis: Models and Methods Benita M. Beamon University of Washington Industrial Engineering Box 352650 Seattle, WA 98195-2650 Telephone: (206) 543-2308 Fax: (206) 685-3072 E-mail: benita@ International Journal of Production Economics (1998) Vol. 55, No. 3, pp. 281-294 Abstract For years, researchers and practitioners have primarily investigated the various processes within manufacturing supply chains individually. Recently, however, there has been increasing attention placed on the performance, design, and analysis of the supply chain as a whole. This attention is largely a result of the rising costs of manufacturing, the shrinking resources of manufacturing bases, shortened product life cycles, the leveling of the playing field within manufacturing, and the globalization of market economies. The objectives of this paper are to: (1) provide a focused review of literature in multi-stage supply chain modeling and (2) define a research agenda for future research in this area. Keywords supply chain, production, distribution, logistics 2 1 Introduction A supply chain may be defined as an integrated process wherein a number of various business entities (i.e., suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, and retailers) work together in an effort to: (1) acquir