However, there is a lot of capital and plenty of manpower in the auto spare part industry, the enterprises and supply chains of this industry do not perform well in our country. This research models a three-level supply chain with multiple manufacturers, distribution centers and retailers, to minimize the total cost by taking into account various disruptions. The database of two active car spar...

Bid preparation is a non profitable process per se and thus offers a high potential for improvement: The costs and time for preparing a bid have to be little and the success rate must be high. This paper presents a case study which demonstrates how a small company in the construction industry can increase its efficiency in the area of bid preparation by redesigning its processes and introducing...

As the industrial landscape is altered by emerging markets like China and India and the bankruptcy of Detroit automakers and their parts suppliers, motor vehicle firms are reconfiguring their supply chains in order to be cost-competitive on a global basis. Backup capacity and cross-docking are being incorporated into just-in-time delivery systems in an attempt to keep car prices affordable for ...

This paper presents a market-driven approach to design production-distribution networks for the lumber industry. The approach is developed to tackle a vast array of issues, from the adaptation of an enterprise supply chain to its evolving environment, such as changing forest policies, to enterprise rationalizations through mergers or acquisitions. The methodology takes into account the specific...

Government spatial data holdings are the basis of many Geographic Information System applications and users have come to depend on this information for reliable evidencebased decision making. However, many spatial data supply chains, particularly those that span multiple organisations and different levels of government, are not effective and users are having to make do with out-of-date and inco...

we model a real-world case problem as a price competition model between two leader-follower supply chains that each of them consists of one manufacturer and one retailer. t he manufacturer produces partially differentiated products and sells to market through his retailer. the retailer sells the products of manufacturer to market by adding some values to the product and gains margin as a fracti...

While ‘soft skills’ are often viewed as add-ons in the digital journey, they fact critical realizing opportunities created by Industry 4.0 for construction industry. This chapter focuses on a vital, but oft-neglected aspect of digitalization, namely leadership. By exploring understandings leadership built environment, we show that digitalization demands traditional views broadened from an exist...