Abstract Digital technologies have gained ground among companies, researchers and policy makers in recent years due to their growing relevance current future supply chains. Technologies such as robotics, artificial intelligence, autonomous transport systems, data science, additive manufacturing are gradually becoming part of people’s companies’ daily lives changing the manufacturing, process in...

Nowadays, researches pay more attention to environmental concerns consisted of various communities. This study proposes a multi-echelon, multi-period closed-loop supply chain (CLSC). A comprehensive model considers the selection of selection of technology and environmental effects. The supply chain is under a build-to-order (BTO) environment. So, there is not a final product inventory. Also, th...

This research considers a fresh-product supply chain consisting of a single-buyer, a single-supplier for deteriorating products where the market demand is dependent on the retail price, fresh rate, and remaining rate. Firstly, in a competitive model, the primary decision variables (i.e., the supplier's wholesale price and preservation-technology investment and also buyer's order quantity and re...

This article addresses the transfer of new product technologies from outside the firm for integration into a new product system as part of a product development effort. Product technology transfer is a key activity in the complex process of new product development and is the fundamental link in the technology supply chain. Product technology transfer too often is dealt with in an ad-hoc fashion...

Applying data mining technology to find out hidden knowledge, relationship and trend from a huge amount of data information accumulated in the supply chain will help enterprises use the acquired knowledge to improve decision quality of supply chain management. Based on the discussion of data mining function and the problems in supply chain management, this paper analyzed the application of data...

Goal: The minimal inter-firm resource sharing has raised problems for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). There been little focus on a thorough understanding of supply chain collaboration in the context SMEs Pakistan. This research looks into antecedent impact governance mechanisms collaborative culture (SCC), as well direct influence SMEs' performance developing countries. Design/Method...