Keyword: supply & supply chains

Found 1193 papers in total
Contractual agreements for coordination and vendor-managed delivery under explicit transportation considerations
2006,
We consider the coordination problem between a vendor and a buyer operating under...
Evaluating food retailing efficiency: the role of information technology
2007,
Information and internet-based technologies have fostered new supply chain initiatives...
Financial engineering of the integration of global supply chain networks and social networks with risk management
2006,
In this paper, we focus on the financial engineering of integrated global supply chain...
Heuristics for joint decisions in production, transportation, and order quantity
2006,
An attempt is made to tackle joint decisions in assigning production, lot size,...
Optimal supplier testing and tolerance strategies for genetically modified (GM) wheat
2007,
A stochastic optimization model was developed to determine optimal testing strategies,...
Postponement strategy in food supply chains – an empirical investigation
2007,
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relevancy/feasibility of the...
Milk supply chain management in the tier of retailers and customers – a comparison between Taiwan and Germany
2007,
For the milk supply chain, there exists a tough problem specific to Asian countries,...
Supply chain improvement initiatives in the Australian textiles, clothing, footwear and leather industry: a field study
2007,
This paper examines the findings of a field study on supply chain initiatives in 12...
Rapid manufacturing: impact on supply chain methodologies and practice
2007,
This paper demonstrates the use of Rapid Manufacturing (RM) as the enabling technology...
A discrete simulation analysis of a logistics supply system
2006,
An important aspect of logistics supply systems in agro industries is to manage the...
Improving the efficiency of iron and steel purchasing using supply chain coordination
2007,
In this paper, we investigate the raw materials purchasing problem arising from...
Air cargo pickup schedule for single delivery location
2006,
In this paper, various deterministic models for determining optimal pickup times for...
Transshipment through crossdocks with inventory and time windows
2005,
A major challenge in making supply meet demand is to coordinate transshipments across...
Requirements planning for modular products
2006,
The focus of this paper is on determining the requirements of different component...
Achieving breakthrough service delivery through dynamic asset deployment strategies
2006,
Many firms have shifted their focus from their products to their customers and the...
Assessing the reliability of a contingency logistics network
2004,
The logistics support functions of receiving, transporting and distributing materials...
Humanitarian aid logistics: supply chain management in high gear
2006,
This paper builds on the idea that private sector logistics can and should be applied...
Impact of new identification and tracking technologies on a distribution center
2006,
Automatic identification is a broad term given to a host of technologies that are used...
Efficiency analysis of supply chain processes
2006,
We present an integrated benchmarking approach. To analyse the performance of...
On the relationship between supply chain and transportation network equilibria: A supernetwork equivalence with computations
2006,
In this paper, we consider the relationship between supply chain network equilibrium...
The design features of forecasting support systems and their effectiveness
2006,
Forecasts play a key role in the management of the supply chain. In most organisations...
Agent-based demand forecast in multi-echelon supply chain
2006,
Supply chain management (SCM) is an emerging field that has commanded attention and...
A strategic analysis of inter organizational information sharing
2006,
In this paper we study the effect of inter organizational information sharing...
A bi-criteria model for the inventory aggregation problem under risk pooling
2006,
Inventory aggregation, also called Risk Pooling, is one of the most efficient ways to...
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