Supply chain management (SCM) has become an effective tool now a day to survive in this competitive world. Organizations do their best to improve performance by adopting better supply chain (SC) performance indicators. In this paper 19 key performance indicators (KPI) were identified based on strong literature support in consultation of practitioners and consultants in the field of non-livestoc...

The initiative of Indian Government to allow 100% FDI in single brand retailing and 51% in multi brand retailing has, with a few affirmations, raised many eye brows. Is it recolonization in the post independence era or a class struggle in the words of Karl Marx? This paper attempts at studying the economic effect of ‘FDI in retail’ on various sectors of the economy drawing the cue from the expe...

Despite a few very heralded failures in 2000, online retail is a vital and growing sector. While the rest of the economy was sinking further into recession, on-line sales grew 21% to $51.3 billion in 2001, jumped 48% to $76 billion in 2002, and are expected to increase to $96 in 2003. Approximately 70% of on-line retailers showed positive operating margins in 2002, up from 56% the year before. ...

In this paper, a dynamic model is presented to study retailer’s procurement strategy when supply stability is endogenously determined. The optimal supply stability as well as the optimal purchasing strategy are characterized with a quadratic cost function. Based on these models, the following findings are brought about. Firstly, when the difficulty level of building supply stability exceeds a c...

Due to market’s demanding needs of high quality and low cost products, global manufacturers must be competitive in forming and operating dynamic supply chains from raw material sourcing up to global retailing and marketing. This paper proposes a conceptual framework of ontology-based supplier discovery system that connects buyers with suppliers by employing manufacturing ontology and semantic m...

Environmental concerns about the scarcity of marine resources are critical driving forces for firms aiming to prepare their supply chains for sustainability. Building on previous work, this paper highlights the implementation of good practices geared towards sustainable operations in the seafood department, which were pursued in an exploratory retailer case. Outcomes of the adopted environmenta...

Flat rate regime is held responsible for this state of affairs and a shift to universal metering is being pushed as remedy. However, metering can work only by creating power retailing entrepreneurs as is being tried out in Orissa. Flat tariff regime can also serve the purpose, provided it is tied to effective supply policies. Judicious rationing and reasonable tariff are essential components of...