Supply chain planning: potential generalization of parameterization rules based on a literature review

Supply chain planning consists of managing a request, a capacity and a performing process. This task is not easy. Indeed, it involves the existence of parameterization rules of the planning process. A parameterization rule describes a causal relationship between management parameters and performance indicators. The academic bibliography brings a significant number of research works to the study of these relationships. In this paper, the research question deals with the potential generalization of the parameterization rules as reviewed from the literature. Based on a dataset of 87 reviewed papers, a set of outcomes are highlighted as a result of a three-step method of analysis. The first step involves the identification of the different parameters and indicators, in addition to the relationships between them. The second step focuses on the examination of the number of papers for each relationship. Finally, the third step is dedicated to the measurement of the generalization degree in the relationship. The results evaluation highlight the contextual nature of the parameterization rules.