: This paper identifies the problems of pakistani enterprises concerning supply chain networks and orders solutions to improving its overall performance and competitiveness. Seldom...
A simulation-based optimization framework involving simultaneous perturbation stochastic approximation (SPSA) is presented as a means for optimally specifying parameters of intern...
In this paper we study an assemble-to-order environment involving a short-life-cycle product. The product is sold in two different configurations, each requiring a unique componen...
This paper surveys some applications of cooperative game theory to supply chain management. Special emphasis is placed on two important aspects of cooperative games: profit alloca...
: This paper explores the use of the web to build trust among value web chains. Businesses tend to concentrate on the traditional tangible elements of the supply chain and ignore t...
In a supply chain organized as a network of autonomous enterprises, the main objective of each partner is to optimize his production and supply policy with respect to his own econ...
Random yield affects production decisions and performances of all parties in a supply chain. We study a simple supply chain with one supplier and one retailer where there is rando...
Supply chain mechanisms that exacerbate price variation needs special attention, since price variation is one of the root causes of the bullwhip effect. In this study, we investiga...
Effective supply chain distribution network design needs to consider various performance dimensions and product characteristics. Recently, researchers have begun to realize that t...
The planning and management of supply chains require properly specifying the participating members and the relationships among them. Construction supply chains usually consist of n...
Jack C. P. Cheng, Kincho H. Law, Hans Bjornsson, A...