According to the mobile supply chain management features and considering the limitations and obstacles in the mobile environment. This paper proposes a multi-agent integration middleware for mobile supply chain management, aiming to solve information integration and data synchronization problem without worrying about network or terminal heterogeneity in mobile environment, which can achieve mob...

A new e-Service model called dynamic supply chain is characterized by their dynamic nature in easily being formed and disbanded with the seamless connectivity provided by e-Marketplace. The new term “supply mesh” was coined to represent this virtual community of companies in which dynamic supply chains, as per project (also known as make-toorder), are formed across different tiers of suppliers....

In face of increasingly complex supply chain, firms are taking steps to develop different kinds of interorganizational systems (IOS) to facilitate information sharing and sustain competitive competency. These systems are expected to provide great business value, however many of them do not fulfill the expected promise as these systems are relatively more complicated and the usage is across supp...

Received: 1 April 2009 Revised: 7 November 2009 2nd Revision: 5 December 2009 Accepted: 11 December 2009 Abstract To understand the role of supply chain visibility in creating strategic value, this study uses the dynamic capabilities view to uncover the nature of supply chain visibility. The study identifies four important constructs of supply chain visibility that are helpful in driving supply...

Resource scheduling is a critical step in the management of complex logistic networks. The paper proposes an integrated scheduling and simulation approach for dynamic resource allocation in complex transportation logistics. An example application, specific to the maritime logistics of the chemical supply chain, is discussed in the paper, along with preliminary testing of the system by industria...

Supply chain collaboration has become a critical success factor for supply chain management and effectively improves the performance of organizations in various industries. Supply chain collaboration builds on information sharing, collaborative planning and execution. Information technology is an important enabler of collaborative supply chain management. Many information systems have been deve...

Managing the supply chain plays an important role in creating competitive advantages for companies. Adequate information flow in supply chain is one of the most important issues in SCM. Therefore, using certain Information Systems can have a significant role in managing and integrating data and information within the supply chain. Pharmaceutical supply chain is more complex than many other supp...

Managing the supply chain plays an important role in creating competitive advantages for companies. Adequate information flow in supply chain is one of the most important issues in SCM. Therefore, using certain Information Systems can have a significant role in managing and integrating data and information within the supply chain. Pharmaceutical supply chain is more complex than many other supp...

Purpose – Provide insight into the determinants or constructs that enable informally networked supply chains to operate in order to achieve improved operational performance. Design/methodology/approach – The research is based on a wide literature review, focused on the identification of dimensions of informal networking in supply chains along network connectivity, supply chain relationship alig...