The aim of this paper is to develop an optimization model for quality improvement by considering quality investment in rework policies and supply chain profit sharing. To improve product’s quality, the decision of process target and its tolerance is important since it directly affects the defective rate, manufacturing cost, and loss to customer due to the deviation of product from its specifica...

Cloud manufacturing is a new paradigm which has been under study since 2010 and a vast body of research has been conducted on this topic. Among them, service composition problems are of utmost importance. However, most studies only focused on private clouds meaning the objective function is defined for just one component of the supply chain. This paper attempts to consider service composition p...

M pressure for low prices paired with customer demand for high product variety presents a considerable dilemma for many manufacturers. Industry practice and research to date suggest that approaches based on component commonality can substantially lower the costs of proliferated product lines, but at the cost of reducing product differentiation and revenues. We analyze a stylized model of a manu...

this study considers a two echelon supply chain system consisting of one manufacturer and one retailer. under vendor managed inventory (vmi) program, the manufacturer is authorized to manage inventories of agreed upon stock keeping units at retail's locations. in this paper, we assume that the manufacturer monitors inventory levels at retailer's location, replenishes her stock under (...

This Issue Brief reports on changes in manufacturers' prescription drug prices during the first three months of 2004 (January through March) for the brand name prescription drugs most widely used by Americans age 50 and over. This report is the first quarterly update in an ongoing study of changes in drug manufacturer prices-that is, manufacturers' prices charged for drugs they sold to wholesal...

this paper develops a closed-loop supply chain including one manufacturer, one retailer and a third party, in which the manufacturer produces a product under appropriate quality and sells it through a retailer in the market. the retailer pays the expense of marketing effort and a third party collects the used products from consumers and sends to the manufacturer. the manufacturer remanufactures...

In a world of ever-increasing electronic component complexity and pin count requirements for component packaging, focus is once again on the age-old question of "How do we preserve solderable surfaces between PWB manufacturing and assembly?" PCB manufacturers today are faced with the decision of which surface finish to offer their customers, while their customers struggle with choosing the best...

UNLABELLED U.S. Marines perform mission tasks under heavy loads which may compromise performance of combat tasks. However, data supporting this performance decrement are limited. PURPOSE The aim of this study was to determine the effects of load on performance of combat-related tasks. METHODS Subjects (N=18) ran a modified Maneuver Under Fire ([MANUF], 300 yards [yd] total: two 25-yd sprint...