The supply chain of a manufacturing enterprise is a world-wide network of suppliers, factories, warehouses, distribution centres and retailers through which raw materials are acquired, transformed and delivered to customers. Supply chain management is the strategic, tactical and operational level decision making that optimizes supply chain performance. The strategic level defines the supply cha...

Major changes in the cellular terminal business market environment have resulted in a situation where supply chains need to realign their approach to demand and supply planning, supply dynamics and to technology cooperation practices to stay competitive. The purpose of this research was address the problematic of a dynamic and volatile business environment in regards to supply chains by creatin...

The need for integration in supply chain management leads us to consider the coordination of two logistic planning functions: transportation and inventory. The coordination of these activities can be an extremely important source of competitive advantage in supply chain management. The battle for cost reduction can involve finding the equilibrium between transportation and inventory management ...

Driven by concerns regarding environmental sustainability, energy security, and economic growth, a fundamental transformation is taking hold in the electricity sector. Advanced communications technologies and information systems (IS) will play a central role in the realization of the ‘smart grid’, an intelligent and multi-directional electricity supply chain from generation to end-user consumpt...

Internet of Things (IoT) are being adopted for industrial and manufacturing applications such as manufacturing automation, remote machine diagnostics, prognostic health management of industrial machines and supply chain management. CloudBased Manufacturing is a recent on-demand model of manufacturing that is leveraging IoT technologies. While Cloud-Based Manufacturing enables on-demand access t...

We consider how a merger between two naturally differentiated dealers affects their interactions with a common supplier, and identify conditions under which the merger can increase or decrease the combined net worth of the two firms. Among other things, we find that the attractiveness of merging depends critically upon which level of the supply chain has greater potential to influence demand. S...

Forecast sharing in a supply chain using linear price contracts often leads to inefficiencies as the buyer has an incentive to inflate demand forecasts to ensure sufficient supply. Recent research in supply chain contracting has focused on one-shot relationships, and has identified various contracts that align incentives in the supply chain and induce the buyer to reveal forecast information tr...

Distribution network design as a strategic decision has long-term effect on tactical and operational supply chain management. In this research, the location– allocation problem is studied under demand uncertainty. The purposes of this study were to specify the optimal number and location of distribution centers and to determine the allocation of customer demands to distribution centers. ...