We present a software component architecture for supply chain management across dynamic organisational networks. The local management in the architecture is done by existing enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, warehouse management systems (WMS) and transportation management systems (TMS). The integral management in the architecture is executed by supply chain engines (SCEs). These softw...

supply chain management is one of modern approach in the field of operation and production management. nowadays success and survival of manufacturing organizations depend on effectiveness and productivity of supply chains. this research tries to investigate contributing factor to enhance supply chain productivity. then by using fuzzy promethe-a multiple attribute decision making (madm) - tous a...

Agile supply chains; characterized by decentralization and dynamism have redefined the performance metrics for gaining competitive advantage for organizations. The extended supply chains of today need a high alignment of the information flow across disparate and decentralized links of supply chains. Peer-to-Peer (P2P) technologies are suitable for enabling the information flow of supply chains....

a r t i c l e i n f o This study examines the dynamic performance of vertically decentralized two-echelon channel coordination for deteriorating goods under consignment and vendor-managed inventory (VMI) contracts with revenue sharing from retailer-centric business-to-business transactions in both traditional markets and electronic markets (EMs). The research presents the profit-maximization pr...

Problem statement: Today, inventory management is considered to be an important field in Supply chain management. Once the efficient and effective management of inventory is carried out throughout the supply chain, service provided to the customer ultimately gets enhanced. Hence, to ensure minimal cost for the supply chain, the determination of the level of inventory to be held at various level...

Digital supply chain integration is becoming increasingly dynamic. Access to customer demand needs to be shared effectively, and product and service deliveries must be tracked to provide visibility in the supply chain. Business process integration is based on standards and reference architectures, which should offer end-to-end integration of product data. Companies operating in supply chains es...

The business need to be structured as an integrated supply chain pushes companies to make use of a greater level of co-operation and coordination. As a means of coordination, negotiation has been chosen in this work. The object of this paper is to present formalism for negotiation in dynamic planning of a supply chain with the objective of maximizing the overall profit of each partner. To model...

Under the tide of globalization and mass customization, manufacturer is seeking dynamic outsourcing of some operations to other specialists (i.e. contract manufacturer) in order to improve cost effectiveness of its supply chain. The benefits of outsourcing cannot be realized unless information sharing and coordinated scheduling between independent organizations in a supply chain are well config...

in this paper, the competition between two supply chains and their elements is studied. each chain consisted of a manufacturer and a distributor and the two chains compete in a market with single type of customer sensitive to price and delivery time. therefore, this is a two-supply chain game and during the competition between two supply chains, elements of each supply chain (manufacturer and/o...

Managing income is a considerable dimension in supply chain management in current economic atmosphere. Real world situation makes it inevitable not to design or redesign supply chain. Redesign will take place as costs increase or new services for customers’ new demands should be provided. Pricing is an important fragment of Supply chain due to two reasons: first, represents revenue based ...