this paper develops an operational perspective of supply chain sustainability, by considering it as a risk management process. it explores the nature of sustainability-related supply chain risks, distinguishes them from typical supply chain risks and develops an analytical process for their management. an empirical study is conducted to generate insights about how sustainability-related risks s...

in a complex and volatile environment of the supply chain, any attempt to reduce the risks may increase or decrease other risks; thus, achieving an overall picture of the risks of supply chain and relationships between them are necessary and will lead to more effective and comprehensive strategy to response to risks. the purpose of this paper is identifying and extracting the potential risks of...

Supply chain risk management is an important activity in current supply chain management. Operational risk is one of the most important risks in supply chains. The operational risk assessment process includes risk identification and evaluation and prioritization. On the other hand, the participation of Third Party Logistics providers (3PL) in supply chains has been increasing, and it is importa...

State-of-the-art supply chain management systems can be obtained from the supply chain operations referencemodel for business applications, advancement and practices. Problematic management processes in standard process reference model form improves competitive advantage, communication, dimensions, management, control and alter to a specific purpose among the supply chain management processes. ...

In this paper, bi-level programming is proposed for designing a competitive supply chain network. A two-stage stochastic programming approach has been developed for a multi-product supply chain comprising a capacitated supplier, several distribution centers, retailers and some resellers in the market. The proposed model considers demand’s uncertainty and disruption in distribution centers and t...

Production and distribution operations are the two most important operational functions in a supply chain. To achieve optimal operational performance in a supply chain, it is critical to integrate these two functions and plan and schedule them jointly in a coordinated way. In this chapter, we focus on integrated models that involve explicitly both production and distribution decisions at the ta...

Supply Chain management, the management of the flow of goods or services from materials stage to the end user, is a complex process because of the level of uncertainty at each stage of the supply chain. Computer simulation, because it can be applied to operational problems that are too difficult to model and solve analytically, is an especially effective tool to help analyze supply chain logist...

The supply chain is a system comprising organizations, decision makers, and technology decision policies that is responsible for transforming raw materials into finished products that are delivered to end customers. As expanded upon later in the paper, the supply chain is traditionally characterized by counter-current flows of information and material. Material flows from the raw material suppl...