IBM Systems and Technology Group uses Operations Research models and methodology extensively for solving large-scale supply chain optimization (SCO) problems for planning of its extended enterprise semiconductor supply chain. Centralized supply chain planning systems need to simultaneously consider macro level decisions, such as sourcing among multiple plants, and worldwide shipment logistics, ...

This paper aims to present a theoretical framework for performance measurement of supply chain quality management (SCQM). A review of the literature on supply chain quality management, supply chain and quality management was conducted to develop key performance measurements related to six areas of integration between quality management and supply chain management environment: leadership, contin...

In recent years the management of risk in supply chains has become an important issue in the scientific literature. This aspect is of primary interest in market side decisions of a company such as in the procurement of materials. So far, traditional supply chain planning methods solely focus on improving cost efficiency and reducing inventory buffers in supply chains. These approaches are succe...

Section one consists of four chapters. Chapter 1 entitled " Enterprise Applications for Supply Chain Management " is written by Susan A. Sherer. Coordination of information to effectively operate and manage a supply chain can be a source of competitive advantage today. In order to gather, utilize, and effectively share information, companies continue to invest in information technology, acquiri...

The eternal need for humans' blood as a critical commodity makes the healthcare systems attempt to provide efficient blood supply chains (BSCs) by which the requirements are satisfied at the maximum level. To have an efficient supply of blood, an appropriate planning for blood supply chain is a challenge which requires more attention. In this paper, we address a mixed integer linear programming...

Unified Demand Planning process proposed is an intention to centralize demand planning activities for cascaded supply chain partners. It is a collaboration process based on electronic logistics.

Section one consists of four chapters. Chapter 1 entitled " Enterprise Applications for Supply Chain Management " is written by Susan A. Sherer. Coordination of information to effectively operate and manage a supply chain can be a source of competitive advantage today. In order to gather, utilize, and effectively share information, companies continue to invest in information technology, acquiri...

Supply chain optimisation is now a major research theme in process operations and management. A great deal of research has been undertaken on facility location and design, inventory and distribution planning, capacity and production planning and detailed scheduling. Only a small proportion of this work directly addresses the issues faced in the pharmaceutical sector. On the other hand, this sec...

inadequate attention to the products having shelf life limitation leads to form a new branch of supply chain (sc) called cold chain (cc). cold chain management (ccm) is referred to handle activities related to perishable products. this research investigates the role of information technology (it) in improving the human resource efficiency, planning and logistic in the cc organizations. the numb...

Visualizing, tracking, and managing supply chains all become more complicated as firms pursue outsourcing strategies and as firms’supply and delivery systems become increasingly global. The authors suggest that not only is there a need to visualize the supply chain, there needs to be a well-established process for building the map so that knowledge is easily transferable and exchangeable among ...