one effective method for improving the performance of supply chain is making coordination among members of supply chain. this paper studies the subject of coordination of supply chain by using an insurance contract. the supply chain consists of one-manufacturer and one-retailer that the retailer is faced with potential demand and returning of goods from customer. acceptance of goods returned is...

abstract in the recent decades, the iranian economy has been highly depended on oil revenues. considering the fact that a great part of non-oil exports are agricultures product, studying factors influencing growth of agricultural sector plays an important role in the iran's economy. supply domestic shocks and domestic demand pressure along with deviation of exchange rates from its equilibrium, ...

this paper presents a model predictive control (mpc) approach for production and inventory control systems. model predictive control previously has been successfully applied to supply chain problems; however most systems that have been proposed so far possess no information on future demand. the incorporation of a forecasting methodology in an mpc framework can promote the efficiency of control...

the primary purpose of this paper is to highlight for the research community and practitioners the various aspects of using vmi-type supply chains in today’s business environment as well as a number of directions for future studies. in this regard, fifty articles published in major international journals, beginning in 1995, which contribute to the vmi-type supply chains are reviewed via a syste...