Rethinking the global supply chain

Global Supply Chain Control

The operation of global manufacturing network is challenging due to the complexity in product and information flow, diversity in sites, localization and processes and the information processing needed for control. Thus information technology has to be developed to cope with this complexity and to develop decision support for controlling the network. In this paper the concept of the Global Contr...

Why Global Supply Chain Management ?

T he term supply chain management (SCM) has risen to prominence over the past 15 years, becoming such a " hot topic " that it is difficult to pick up a periodical on manufacturing, distribution, marketing, customer management, or transportation without seeing an article about SCM-related topics. Logistics, one central element of SCM, has long been an area of concern for both practitioners and a...

Honey global supply chain network design using fuzzy optimization approach

From the past, honey has been known as a healthy product for human life. Iran has a suitable climate for beekeeping and is among the high-ranked countries in honey production. However, due to failure to comply with quality issues, export of honey from Iran is associated with many problems. According to this issue, this paper presents a robust possibilistic optimization network design model for ...

Integrating China into Your Global Supply Chain Lessons Learned from Global Supply Chain Integrators

A Robust Competitive Global Supply Chain Network Design under Disruption: The Case of Medical Device Industry

In this study, an optimization model is proposed to design a Global Supply Chain (GSC) for a medical device manufacturer under disruption in the presence of pre-existing competitors and price inelasticity of demand. Therefore, static competition between the distributors’ facilities to more efficiently gain a further share in market of Economic Cooperation Organization trade agreement (ECOTA) is...