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...

Outsourcing to third party manage non-core activities helps the firm focus on core activities. Manufacturing firms are outsourcing product development, manufacturing, logistics, customer care etc. enhance production capacity and flexibility, reduce operational costs, which in turn can improve profitability competitive advantage of enterprise. Sustainability operations supply chain is gaining mo...

In addition to being a revolutionary technology for all industries, the Internet of Things; has also shown its potential in processes such as supply chain. With advancement and emergence new era, challenges traditional chain that follows path from top bottom (suppliers raw materials final consumers) are revealed. Also, due environmental issues increasing speed changes needs customers various in...

Supply chain coordination has become a critical success factor for supply chain management (SCM). In the past few years, the researchers have widely emphasized that cooperation among supply chain (SC) firms is a key source of competitive advantage. This paper is focused on supply chain coordination from the perspective of inventory management. Li and Liu [1] developed a model for illustrating h...

An important issue for suppliers, producers, and retailers who want to compete in a competitive environment is continuous performance improvement in a dynamic supply chain. Literature review on supply chain puts more emphasis on quantitative factors than other factors. In this research, we focus on quantitative factors which affect competitive advantages creation and investigation. Our goal is ...

  Supply chain includes two or more parties linked by flow of goods, information, and funds. In a decentralized system, supply chain members make decision regardless of their decision's effects on the performance of the other members and the entire supply chain. This is the key issue in supply chain management, that the mechanism should be developed in which different objectives should be align...