Today, in the existing competitive market, proper management of the supply chain has attracted a lot of attention to increasing profitability and customer satisfaction. Managers and decision-makers may use policies to survive in this situation, but a desirable outcome will only come when a precise and comprehensive model is used. Therefore, a detailed design and systematic planning of the suppl...

This paper empirically examines the impact of environmental uncertainty, IT enablers and interorganizational relationships on supply chain flexibility and supply chain integration. Based on the data collected from 196 organizations, multiple regression analyses are used to test the factors impacting supply chain flexibility and supply chain integration respectively. It was found that commitment...

While firms understand that implementing green supply chain management (GSCM) is important, they seem uncertain about how to manage their initiatives by looking beyond own facilities. Building a requires the participation of all partner across chain. However, are different in size, situation, capabilities, and even industries. Thus, encouraging them participate difficult. Many small medium ente...

I n 1996, the Supply-Chain Council (SCC) developed the supply-chain operations reference (SCOR) model as the cross-industry standard for redefining and advancing supply chain management systems and practices. The SCOR model is a process reference model that integrates business process reengi-neering, benchmarking, and best practices. The SCOR model framework contains standard descriptions of ma...

blood supply chain management is one of the mainchallenges in healthcare system. optimal locationof blood donation camps is one of the key factors in optimizing the bloodsupply chain. disruption in location of blood donation camps because ofdisasters will have a negative impact on the entire supply chain. thispaper develops a generalized network optimization model for the complex supplychain of...

The purpose of this study is to investigate and discuss the challenges namely, barriers solutions developing return supply chain policies in automotive industry. This industry has been suffering governmental pressure achieve sustainability all industrial processes. solution reorganize rethink product from beginning (closed-loop evolving cradle-to-cradle chain); however, literature about process...