this research provides an optimization tool for use by supply chain managers in the design and operation of manufacturing- distribution networks under uncertain demand conditions. the problem under consideration consists of determining the supply chain infrastructure; raw material purchases, shipments, and inventories; and finished product production quantities, inventories, and shipments neede...

Knowledge about customers is vital for supply chains in order to ensure customer satisfaction. In an ideal supply chain environment, supply chain partners are able to perform planning tasks collaboratively, because they share information. However, customers are not always able or willing to share information with their suppliers. End consumers, on the one hand, do not usually provide a retail c...

This study aims to develop a new one-vendor multiple-buyers integrated inventory model. We believe that our proposed model can forecast the demand of all buyers in coming future by using data have already existed and minimize total cost-for both vendors. In recent days, Markov chain approach has played one critical methods forecasting Supply Chain Management (SCM) field. The this is analysis sp...

The literature on supply chain management has long extolled the virtues to be gained by organizations seeking to integrate their supply chain. These gains include greater data and information visibility, leaner and more efficient processes, vendor managed inventories, and higher profitability. Globalization and global supply chain operation, and supply chain visibility have become buzzwords for...

Global marketplaces, higher levels of product variety, shorter product life cycles, and demand for premium customer services are all things which cause pressure for one supply chain to be more efficient, more time compressed and more cost effective. This has become even more critical in recent years because the advancement in information technology has enabled companies to improve their supply ...

Demand and inventory management for spare parts are different than for components used in assembly of finished products, in reason of lumpy demand, larger variety and risk of stock obsolescence. The paper deals with three aspects: 1) a description of the elements of complexity peculiar to the spare parts supply chain; 2) a framework and a literature review about spare parts demand and inventory...

Supply chain management can be greatly improved using autonomous agents. The Trading Agent Competition Supply Chain Management (TAC SCM) competition is a forum for developing such agents. This paper introduces StormFront, a moderately successful agent that attempts to produce a high volume of products at a low profit margin, capturing the majority of customer demand. The underlying components a...

The type of industry we want to analyze in this paper is comprised of multiple manufacturers, each selling differentiated products through multiple exclusive retailers. The retailers are faced with fixed market prices but uncertain demands. Industries falling in this category include telecommunication industry, fast food chains, gasoline, etc. The manufacturers competition, the retailers compet...