Outsourcing as a means of meeting organizational information technology needs is now a commonly accepted and growing practice, and one that is continually evolving (Dibbern et al. 2004). It has grown from the domain of IT embodying decisions such as where and how to source IT to a much wider set of business functions: logistics, accounting, human resources, medical, legal, risk assessment, and ...

Consider a manufacturer serving a set of retail stores each of which faces deterministic demands in a finite planning horizon. At the beginning of the planning horizon, the production capacity of the manufacturer is built, followed by production, outsourcing to third party manufacturers if necessary and distribution to the retail stores. Because the retail stores are usually managed by differen...

In the present, global and competitive market customer's demands are very volatile. It is very difficult for small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) to satisfy their customer with quality product in reasonable price. Large firms are spending huge amount of their budget in generating technology development. To cope with this competitive market, usually, SMEs concentrate on their core expertise ...

As increasinglymore companies outsource to Asia, US furniture companies’ supply chains are becoming longer. Tomake their logistics networksmore efficient, companies need to choose the right supply chain model, promote cooperation with their partners in the supply chain, and adopt new technologies to make better decisions and to manage better. Discrete-event simulation models are powerful tools ...

The vehicle routing problem with time windows (VRPTW) is an important problem in third-party logistics and supply chain management. We extend the VRPTW to the VRPTW with overtime and outsourcing vehicles (VRPTWOV), which allows overtime for drivers and the possibility of using outsourced vehicles. This problem can be applied to third-party logistics companies for managing central distributor-lo...

Logistics plays important role in any firm’s supply chain. Outsourcing allows firms to focus on core business. outsourcing third party logistics or service providers (LSP) helps the companies reduce costs, improve performance, sustainability, customer satisfaction and profitability. assessment selection of LSP is a complex aspect decision. The purpose this paper provide review literature an ins...

Within the globalization discourse, the concept of supply chain management has been actively investigated as it brings new challenges to the setting and organization of global freight flows (Leinbach and Capineri, 2007; Meixell and Gargeya, 2005; Waters, 2010). Every aspect of supply chain management, from product design, the sourcing of parts, the assembly and distribution has been impacted by...