This paper describes a full-scale, flexible test vehicle designed and built by the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) to validate the aerodynamic and mechanical performance of large compressors for a variety of applications. This paper provides a description of the test vehicle as well as mechanical and aerodynamic performance data gathered during testing of the vehicle.

We consider a multi-attribute outsourcing economy where both price and delivery date are relevant decision factors. In the economy, there is an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) who needs multiple items to be delivered on the predetermined delivery dates and suppliers who are capable of delivering some or all of the items. We first show that there exists a competitive equilibrium in this ec...

We study the important problem of how to assure credible forecast information sharing between a supplier and a manufacturer. The supplier is responsible for acquiring the necessary capacity before receiving an order from the manufacturer who possesses private forecast information for her end product. We address how different contracts affect the supplier’s capacity decision and hence the profit...

We consider a contract manufacturer who procures multiple components from independent suppliers to produce an assemble-to-order customized product for a client. The unit price of the product depends on the manufacturer’s delivery lead time. We explore how the manufacturer can use a “Vendor Managed Consignment Inventory (VMCI)” scheme to manage the underlying risk and coordinate independent supp...

In today complex worldwide supply chains, intermediary organizations like Contract manufacturers and GPOs are mostly used. Well-known OEMs delegate their purchasing and procuring to these intermediaries. Because of their positive influence on supply chain efficiency, it is very important to investigate the role of intermediaries in today competitive supply chains. One important question arising...

This research is collaborative investigation with the general-purpose motor manufacturer. To review construction method in production process, we applied the parameter design method of quality engineering and tried to approach the optimization of construction method. Conventionally, press-fitting method has been adopted in process of fitting rotor core and shaft which is main component of motor...

An original equipment manufacturer (OEM) who adopts a new technology or component product may bring various externalities to other OEM buyers and incentivize them to make similar adoption decisions. Positive correlation of adoptions can be harmful for the seller and buyers, as it can lead to adoption rush or delay, which results in demand-supply mismatch and may undermine the seller’s ability t...

Manufacture-to-order is an increasingly popular strategy in commodity electronics and other similar markets where many different product configurations can be produced from common components. To succeed in this environment, manufacturers need to keep both cost and order fulfillment time low. In this article, we compare three different mechanisms that a manufacturer, whose revenues depend on ord...