Information sharing within a supply chain has numerous bene ts. However, in the past decade, several works have pointed out using game-theoretic models that: (i) a supply chain entity may not have an incentive to share information for fear of exploitation by the party (e.g. manufacturer) with whom they share information as well as leakage of information to their competitors, (ii) the negative e...

This chapter studies the strategic decision making problem regarding the design of a distribution network and the definition of material flows. In particular, we consider the Two-Echelon Uncapacitated Facility Location Problem (TUFLP). In a general case, the problem is defined as follows. A firm may have relatively few products and a number of plants. Products are shipped from plants to markets...

The bullwhip effect has been well known since many years and often takes place in supply chains. It is caused by wrong order policy in real systems. The bullwhip effect can be demonstrated easily through the beer game. It was developed by the MIT in the 60s. All stages of the supply chain operate independently. The only decisions that can be taken in the particular stages of this simulation gam...

A supply chain is two or more parties linked by a flow of goods, information and funds. Since this means that supply chain management concerns environments in which there are multiple decision makers, which may be different firms or different divisions within a single firm, attention has to be focused on methods or mechanisms that improve system efficiencies. The reason for this is that in a su...

Numerous algorithms and tools have been deployed in supply chain modeling and problem solving. These are based on stochastic models, mathematical programming models, heuristic techniques, and simulation. Since different decision problems in supply chains entail different approaches to be used for modeling and problem solving, there is a need for a unified approach to modeling supply chains so t...

Markets increasing competition coupled with a growing concern with the environment have created a new way of thinking when designing and planning supply chains. The aim of increasing supply chains’ sustainability has been emerging. One step towards the achievement of such aim is the integration of reverse logistics into the traditional supply chains. This has created the closed-loop supply chai...

In this paper principles for accounting in supply chains will be developed. The three principles we introduce are: the reciprocity in information access, asset investment and retrieval, and matching risks and returns. The principles provide guidance in managerial and stakeholder decision making, monitoring and control. The information that management and other stakeholders need is based on thes...

This paper demonstrates that an important role of intermediaries in supply chains is to reduce the ®nancial risk faced by retailers. It is well known that risk averse retailers when faced by the classical single-period inventory (newsvendor) problem will order less than the expected value maximizing (newsboy) quantity. We show that in such situations a risk neutral distributor can o€er a menu o...