Supply chain is an organized combination of inbound logistics, production plants and multiechelon distribution network. Decentralized distribution networks are common and prone to exogenous and endogenous uncertainties. Information uncertainty from the downstream customer and material uncertainty from the upstream supplier makes the supply chain behavior more complex. Previous attempts made to ...

Based on analyzing the difficulties of closed-loop supply chain operation management, considering the new environment as the economic society developing continuously and discussing the feasibility of virtual enterprise, an operation management mode for the closed-loop supply chain based on virtual enterprise is presented in this paper. The organization framework, the operational process, the dy...

Based on a supply chain framework, we study the stocking decision of a downstream buyer who receives private demand information and has the incentive to influence her capital market valuation. We first characterize a market equilibrium under a general, single buy-back contract. We show that the buyer’s stocking decision can be distorted in equilibrium. Such a downstream stocking distortion hurt...

This research paper identifies the supply chain performance attributes that are relevant to the Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) industry. The FMCG supply chains are analysed from the perspective of processes, components and typology. The typical issues faced by the FMCG supply chains are also explored. Three supply chain operational models are compared and identify SCOR as the one best suited...

managing the supply chain plays an important role in creating competitive advantages for companies. adequate information flow in supply chain is one of the most important issues in scm. therefore, using certain information systems can have a significant role in managing and integrating data and information within the supply chain. pharmaceutical supply chain is more complex than many other supp...

Agility in supply chains is critical for competitive advantages as it helps to explore and exploit opportunities in fast changing markets. Firms are increasingly dependent on information technology (IT) for supply chain management as a competitive tool to facilitate such agility. However, little research has been done on the role of IT on supply chain agility. The paper aims to address this gap...

Considerable research has been carried out and literature available in the field of Supply Chain Performance Management since 1990. Different perspectives of Supply Chain Performance Measures are cost and non-cost perspective; strategic, tactical or operational focus; business process perspective and financial perspective. Successful supply chains use integrated measurement systems as a vehicle...

The supply chain is a worldwide network of suppliers, factories, warehouses, distribution centers, and retailers through which raw materials are acquired, transformed, and delivered to customers. In recent years, a new software architecture for managing the supply chain at the tactical and operational levels has emerged. It views the supply chain as composed of a set of intelligent software age...

In the last decade, supply chain operations have received tremendous attention in manufacturing and business sectors due to an increasingly challenging marketplace. This paper presents a multi-agent approach for analysing material flow in a manufacturing supply chain under information sharing. The model is capable of handling complex networks with many tiers, each tier with many business units ...