traceability is a basic requirement for the most of products from the viewpoint of governments and customers. it has base of quality systems and supports integration of supply chain information systems. this paper has presented a holistic model for supply chain traceability through structural equation modeling. this model will support recall of products, quality assurance requirements, improve ...

This paper investigates the impact of provided service by the retailers and manufacturers on customers’ demand and members’ profit in a supply chain. It focuses on a supply chain structure with one manufacturer and a common retailer. The demand of customers depends on retailer price and service level. A game-theoretic framework is applied to obtain the equilibrium solutions for each entity in s...

This paper deals with concepts, challenges and design alternatives for the application of RFID technology within an industry context. We are especially interested in the combination of RFID technology with positioning information and mobile networks. To discuss these topics, we introduce an application scenario concerning the handling of industrial liquid containers along an integrated supply c...

The performance of a supply chain can be evaluated in either a cross-sectional or a time series manner, and data envelopment analysis is a useful method for both types of evaluation. In this paper we develop an index and indicator of productivity change that can be used with radial and non-radial models for supply chain malmquist index. The supply chain malmquist productivity index (SCMPI) can ...

To improve the profitability and the quality of services, and to confront the difficult competition, companies are in search of the effective approaches to improve their professions in general, and the management of the supply chain in particular which plays an essential role for reduction of cost, the improvement of the quality of services, and increase of the productivity. This work aims to i...

Growing global demand for energy, result in depletion of easily access source of fossil fuels. To fulfillment of this huge demand, oil and gas industry expanded to develop offshore oil and gas reservoirs in recent years, which made environmental management challenging. IRAN owns one of the biggest offshore gas reservoir in PERSIAN GULF with high geopolitical and financial importance. Along the ...

We are commencing a new era in global trade: the era of the digitized supply chain. In the 25 years I have taught students and conducted research in the field of supply chain management, I have never seen such a magnitude of change as is occurring today. These changes are unparalleled in their scope, the implications for revision of the way humans work is completely new, and the impacts they wi...

The main contribution of this paper is twofold: (i) it surveys different types of simulation for supply chain management; (ii) it discusses several methodological issues. These different types of simulation are spreadsheet simulation, system dynamics, discrete-event simulation, and business games. Which simulation type should be applied, depends on the type of managerial question to be answered...

compared to industrial companies, we have neither enough related literature nor available researches concerning the issue of evaluating the supply chain management as well as supply chain performance. therefore, the current article aims to identify and prioritize measures of evaluating the performance of services supply chain. thus, we first review the related text and define the processes of s...