this paper presents a new formulation for warehouse inventory management in a stochastic situation. the primary source of this formulation is derived from fp model, which has been proposed by fletcher and ponnambalam for reservoir management. the new proposed mathematical model is based on the first and the second moments of storage as a stochastic variable. using this model, the expected value...

Green Supply Chain Management has its roots in supply chain management, i.e. it is based on the adoption and extension of its concepts. The “Green” component to Supply Chain Management involves addressing the influence and relationships between Supply chain management and the natural environment [1]. Harland [2] defines supply chain management as “the management of a network of interconnected b...

Supply chain management deals with the efficient coordination of enterprises along a value chain to provide goods and services to end users. While the operational and strategic aspects of supply chain management have been researched to some extent, one of the questions for enterprises is the management and controlling of supply chain operations on a tactical level. We discuss the activities on ...

Efficient supply chain management is crucial for survival and success in a turbulent world. Current economic crisis increases its importance even further. The paper reviews latest findings in the most relevant areas, namely the importance of a proper supply chain strategy that is a pre-condition for business process renovation and mitigation of supply chain connected risks. Performance measurem...

the purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of information technology and knowledge management on the supply chain agility in alborz darou and alborz distribution company. the statistical population of this study includes employees of alborz darou and alborz distribution company. the population consists of 426 members. a sample of 205 employees was selected through random stratified ...

today, the global business environment compels enterprises to consider rest of the world in their competitive strategy analysis where firms ignore external factors such as economic trends, competitive positions or technology advancement in other countries. while going truly global with supply chain management, a company develops product in the united states, produce in india and trade in europe...

Supply chain management (SCM) addresses the management of materials and information across the entire chain from suppliers to producers, distributors, retailers, and customer. The theory of supply chain management suggests that lead time reduction is a pioneer to the use of market mediation to reduce transaction uncertainty in the chain, which can be conceptualized as the primary goal of supply...