the present paper explores the barriers to the supply chain of the lightweight construction in the automotive industry in zahedan. the aim of the study is to identify the barriers and the key performance of the automotive supply chain to help develop the production so as to achieve, in this way, higher quality products in less time and high customer satisfaction. to this end, the factors affect...

firm size and its impact on the firm performance examined in all of economics historical periods from different point of view. meanwhile, productivity is one the most important performance index for each firm, therefore so many studies tries to survey firm size impact on it. in iran also, economics literature replete with productivity studies but the impact of size on it rarely seen between the...

International Perspectives on the Drug Release of Special Dosage Forms This workshop was co-sponsored by FDA and FIP. This kick-off presentation introduced the workshop by providing background and objectives. The workshop focused on modified-release drug forms and included regulatory perspectives and specific presentations for orally disintegrating tablets, chewable oral drug products, ophthalm...

In this paper, a reverse supply chain network is investigated for a decision making. This decision is surrounded by complex flows of returned products, due to the increasing quantity, the type of returned products and the variety of recovery option products (reuse, recycling, and refurbishment). The most important problem in the reverse logistic network (RLN) is to orient returned products to t...