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# Circular Economy in Global Apparel Supply Chains: Restructuring the Fashion System Using Agent Based Approach (ABA)

## Details

**Authors** Wilson O

**Year** 2022

**Publisher** Journal of Systems Thinking 2(1):1-16

**Kind of work** article

**Discipline** Economics

**Kind of engagement** scholarly

[Read it at the publisher](https://doi.org/10.54120/jost.2025-0062OW) 
10.54120/jost.2025-0062OW

## In authors' words

### Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to use the Agent Based Approach to analyze the Global Apparel Supply Chain system. Through this paper, I will use DSRP analysis to understand the system as it is, POSIWID analysis to compare the current system to the aspirant system, and CAS analysis to define the agents of the system. With these analyses methods, I will illustrate where interventions can be made within the supply chain system to alter the system structure from a linear to circular model. Through this change in system structure, these recommendations will address the emergent behaviors of the supply chain system through circularity and sustainability initiatives.

### What they set out to do (purpose)

A paper using the Agent-Based Approach — DSRP, POSIWID, and CAS analyses — on the global apparel supply chain.

### What they found (results)

The analyses locate the interventions that could turn the supply chain from a linear to a circular model, addressing its emergent behaviors through circularity and sustainability initiatives.

## Commentary

### In short

Applies DSRP, POSIWID and complex adaptive systems analysis to the global apparel supply chain to find where it could shift from a linear to a circular model.

**Patterns it shows** D, S, R, P

**How to cite this** Wilson O (2022). Circular Economy in Global Apparel Supply Chains: Restructuring the Fashion System Using Agent Based Approach (ABA). Journal of Systems Thinking 2(1):1-16.