the purpose of this research is to identify factors and components that affect a trust-based cooperation in the automobile supply chain and their impact on the performance of the supply chain companies. this paper includes 2 parts. in the first part, by studying the research history and literature and interviewing academic and industrial scholars and experts, four hidden variables of trust-base...

With new EU-wide legislation being introduced to protect patients from falsified medicines, how can the existing supply chain adapt and thrive in this new, safer environment? Falsified medicines, and supply chain security in general, are a global issue gaining great political and consumer attention. Although no formal study has been carried out on a global scale, it is known that the issue affe...

The Canadian Pharmaceutical Bar Coding Project was a multi-year, multi-stakeholder national initiative designed to establish a pan-Canadian approach to automated identification of medications along the entire supply chain and medication-use system, from pharmaceutical manufacturers to the patient’s bedside. The project was co-led by the Institute for Safe Medication Practices Canada (ISMP Canad...

In this paper, the competition between two supply chains and their elements is studied. Each chain consisted of a manufacturer and a distributor and the two chains compete in a market with single type of customer sensitive to price and delivery time. Therefore, this is a two-supply chain game and during the competition between two supply chains, elements of each supply chain (manufacturer and/o...

Maintaining product temperature at every point in the supply chain is very critical to ensure quality and stability of certain pharmaceutical raw material and products. Continuous temperature monitoring and recording is essential from quality, reporting and auditing standpoint. Furthermore, accuracy of the recorded data is extremely important for investigations. Information lost or transmission...

Supply chain coordination has become a critical success factor for supply chain management (SCM). In the past few years, the researchers have widely emphasized that cooperation among supply chain (SC) firms is a key source of competitive advantage. This paper is focused on supply chain coordination from the perspective of inventory management. Li and Liu [1] developed a model for illustrating h...

An important issue for suppliers, producers, and retailers who want to compete in a competitive environment is continuous performance improvement in a dynamic supply chain. Literature review on supply chain puts more emphasis on quantitative factors than other factors. In this research, we focus on quantitative factors which affect competitive advantages creation and investigation. Our goal is ...