To achieve success at supply chain management (SCM), an organization must possess--and share-knowledge about the different facets of the supply chain. Lack of information sharing between members of the supply chain has been shown to significantly affect total profitability. As such, we argue that Knowledge Management (KM) can enhance the degree of success of existing SCM efforts as well as incr...

In this paper we study how value should be regained from returns. We define typical returns and their matching optimal reverse chains. We argue that integration with the forward chain provides the best opportunities, in particular when based on modular reuse. Real closed loop supply chains based on modular reuse however require closing goods flows, but also informational and market loops. To th...

managing the supply chain plays an important role in creating competitive advantages for companies. adequate information flow in supply chain is one of the most important issues in scm. therefore, using certain information systems can have a significant role in managing and integrating data and information within the supply chain. pharmaceutical supply chain is more complex than many other supp...

Agent based modeling and simulation consider the behavior of agents acting in a system. The agents' interactions result in changing the agent’s behavior, the whole agent based system, and its environment. In this study, the manufacturing, sale, and receiving orders behaviors pertinent to manufacturing and sale agents acting across a pharmaceutical supply chain of an Iranian manufacturing medici...

The intelligent infrastructure proposed by the Auto-ID Center allows physical objects to communicate to one another, seamlessly through the Internet. Based on low-cost electronic tags, unique object identification numbers, common networking services and standardized protocols and languages, the proposed architecture has the potential to revolutionize the supply chain, logistics and inventory. A...

Considering that cooperation among enterprises contributes significantly to improve the product performance in a supply chain, this work presents a method for evaluating the enterprise cooperation focused on the exchange of information among firms. Two indexes are used: the intensity, which seeks to measure the amount of information shared; and the extension, which seeks to measure how many sta...

In order to understand the dynamic behavior of the variables that can play a major role in the performance improvement in a supply chain, a System Dynamics-based model is proposed. The model provides an effective framework for analyzing different variables affecting supply chain performance. Among different variables, a causal relationship among different variables has been identified. Variable...

Switchgrass is known as one of the best second-generation lignocellulosic biomasses for bioethanol production. Designing efficient switchgrass-based bioethanol supply chain (SBSC) is an essential requirement for commercializing the bioethanol production from switchgrass. This paper presents a mixed integer linear programming (MILP) model to design SBSC in which bioethanol demand is under auto-r...