spurred by intensifying competition in global markets, most companies have been increasingly implementing supply chain management (scm) and information systems (is) practices. as well, globalization policies have created a more intensive competition amongst manufacturers; in additional the priority of supply over demand, market competition and importance of some factor such as quality, accounta...

In this paper a variety of issues on the relationship between supply chains and transportation is provided. Although some of these issues are complementary to the presentations made by other analysts at the 2nd Conference on Agro-Industrial Logistics in Mediterranean Area, a few different directions for research are also highlighted. The first section provides an overview of supply chains and s...

In a dynamic customer-centric supply chain context, classic forecasting models turn out to have a limited applicability. In order to estimate the key performance indices of these Supply Chains and to facilitate their management, it is necessary to use more elaborate tools such as a simulation. However building simulation of customer-centric supply chains is no trivial matter. It requires the el...

The papers seeks to reveal the link between the concept of material decoupling points and the specific levels of product in supply chains. Based on supply chain management literature concerning the prerequisites of the location of material decoupling point and marketing theory of the total product concept, we argue that there is a relationship between the specific positions of material decoupli...

The service sector of the US economy has been gaining importance. As the service sector evolves, the study of service supply chain starts to gain attention. In this study, we conduct an exploratory review on the studies of manufacturing and service supply chains. We focus on the studies that explore the differences and commonalities between manufacturing and service supply chains. We combine op...

This paper utilizes a comparative case study design to examine a regional onion market. The particular case of onion markets is used to understand perishable product supply chains. The site for the study is Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Results from a sixmonth field study are outlined. In particular, the findings suggest that firms should examine adding additional destinations to their supply ch...