The p-median problem has been widely studied in the literature during the last decades especially its linear version. We propose a capacitated p-median problem with concave costs, in which the global cost incurred for each established facility is a concave function of the quantity q delivered by this facility. The unit distribution cost decreases with the increased quantity of output or demand ...

Firms need to deal with not only risks from stochastic demand but also risks from supply side. The supply side risk may be due to parts/service outsourcing, third party logistics, or random yield in production processes. In this paper, we study how firms sequentially make price and quantity decisions under these two risks. The first question we try to answer is how these two risks affect the de...

The competitiveness and efficiency of business structures remain one the most relevant problems in almost any economic environment. Enterprises use logistics to increase their competitiveness, particularly by optimizing costs improving profitability enterprise assets. paper considers essential characteristics concept activities identifies factors influencing activities. study finds process asse...

Achieving dramatic cost savings through outsourcing is one avenue managers can choose for value creation. Another is capitalizing on a strategic focus. Organizations that have identified the core or distinctive competence of their business, including IT core processes, are theoretically better able to concentrate on competitive strengths. By divesting themselves of activities unrelated or margi...

We consider the problem faced by a company that must outsource reverse logistics (RL) activities to third-party providers. Addressing RL outsourcing problems has become increasingly relevant issue in the management science and decision making literatures. The correct evaluation and ranking of the decision criteria/priorities determining the selection of the best third-party RL providers (3PRLPs...

Shippers and logistics service providers implement information communication technology (ICT) in outsourced to increase efficiency remedy asymmetry. However, the nature of operations can create management challenges due organizational distances between initiator users. Here, we apply lens positivist agency theory study four cases multi-tier services. Our findings suggest that while ICT remedies...

The ISDO ’00 workshop on “Infrastructures for Dynamic Business-to-Business Service Outsourcing” [1] was held as a preconference workshop of the 12th Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE *00) in Stockholm, Sweden, on June 5 and 6, 2000. C. Bussler (Netfish Technologies), M. Bichler (Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration), and Y. Hoffner and H. Ludwig...