Global supply chains are complex dynamical systems. Due to nonlinear dependencies between production locations, already a perturbation at one location can change the dynamic behavior of the whole supply chain. As a consequence the supply of customers in time may be at risk. In this paper we present an approach to supply chain design that maximizes the robustness of a supply chain in regard to p...

© There is a great deal of confusion regarding exactly what supply chain management involves [1]. In fact, most people using the name supply chain management treat it as a synonym for logistics or as logistics that includes customers and suppliers. Others view supply chain management as the new name for purchasing or operations, or the combination of purchasing, operations and logistics. Howeve...

Supply chains comprise of complex processes spanning across multiple trading partners. The various operations involved generate large number of events that need to be integrated in order to enable internal and external traceability. Further, provenance of artifacts and agents involved in the supply chain operations is now a key traceability requirement. In this paper we propose a Semantic web/L...

The paper examines the effect of E-Supply Chain Management Systems in the North American electronics manufacturing services industry. A causal and descriptive research study was conducted based on a survey applied to thirty six individuals in electronic manufacturing services firms in order to determine the impact of esupply chain management on their key supply chain operations. Results of the ...

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 ...

the purpose of this paper is to improve supply chain relationships in iranian small and medium-sized enterprises (smes) in automotive parts industry. for this reason, an importance-performance analysis (ipa) has been employed to categorized supply chain relationships metrics. also, the questionnaire method is used for gathering information. the paper identified thirteen supply chain relationshi...

in recent years, following the rapid industrialization of communities is of great interest to environmental deficiencies and governments have started to enforce environmental laws. according to requirements of today's world, green supply chain management is inevitable. this study was aimed to identify and prioritize the factors affecting green supply chain in the automotive industry companies, ...

Supply chain security has become a major concern to the private and public sector, after the disastrous event of September 11, 2001. Prior to September 11, 2001, supply chain security concerns were related to controlling theft and reducing contraband such as illegal drugs, illegal immigrants, and export of stolen goods. But after September 11, 2001, the threat of terrorist attacks has heightene...

Nowadays, managing a supply chain is turned to be one of the fundamentals of business process.  In doing so, investigating and analyzing each and every of the processes and selecting the best of each process is an important challenge for strategic managers. In this paper Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) technique is used and a model is provided for selecting the best suppliers with flexible inpu...

Supply chain management creates value for companies, customers and stakeholders interacting throughout a supply chain. The strategic dimension of supply chains makes it paramount that their performances are measured. In today’s performance evaluation processes, companies tend to refer to several models that will differ in terms of corporate organization, the distribution of responsibilities and...