• The field of the study is optimization supply chain organization. We consider a cooperation model between manufacturer and 3PL provider. want to minimize inventory costs, transportation costs tardiness penalty costs. propose MILP models three metaheuristic resolution methods compare them. This paper presents two-stage problem at operational level involving third-party logistics provider (3PL ...

A small number of retailers are determining more and more how consumer products are made and sold in the US. As widely reported in the trade press, these dominant retailers are dictating their terms to the manufacturers while other retailers do not enjoy the same leverage. In this study, we make the distinction between a dominant and a weak retailer, and investigate the dominant retailer/manufa...

Companies operating global supply chains in various industries struggle with parallel importers diverting goods from authorized channels to gray markets. While the existing gray market literature mainly focuses on pricing, in this paper we develop a model to examine the role of demand enhancing services as non-price mechanisms for coping with gray markets. We consider a manufacturer that sells ...

Over the past decade, glass has become an increasingly sophisticated structural and functional component in uses as varied as flat panel displays, automobiles and architecture. For the manufacturer, this has created a drive to enhance the characteristics of the glass itself, to develop more advanced coatings, and also to improve the process for cutting glass, in terms of higher precision, great...

A direct, sensitive, and rapid method for the detection of smokeless powder components, from five different types of ammunition, is demonstrated using laser electrospray mass spectrometry (LEMS). Common components found in powder, such as ethyl centralite, methyl centralite, dibutyl phthalate, and dimethyl phthalate, are detected under atmospheric conditions without additional sample preparatio...

This article, mainly targeted to practitioners, illustrates practical issues that may arise when applying MCMC technics to a mixture of distributions model on real data. This data is provided by coffee manufacturer to determine specifications for soluble coffee. Assuming a known number of components, parameters of each component are estimated using the Gibbs sampler and specifications are deriv...

Component suppliers and manufacturers in a supply chain have long faced different dilemmas. The component supplier intends to adopt new technologies reduce production costs, but the usually require significant investment costs. encroachment into retailing can bring more revenue manufacturers, costs of establishing maintaining direct channels potential conflicting interests with retailer might d...

A two-dimensional microeconomic model with three bounded controls is created and investigated. The model describes a manufacturer producing a consumer good and a retailer that buys this product in order to resell it for a profit. Two types of differential hierarchical games will be applied in order to model the interactions between the manufacturer and retailer. We will consider the difficult c...