Over the years, supply chain reconfiguration decisions have been solely based on operational risk. Simplification strategies, such as horizontal mergers, and networking risk pooling, are conflicting paradigms that shown to improve financial performance of partners. The implication this disruption is not fully known, especially it concerns information security breach (ISB). Analysts rated ISB a ...

This study demonstrates this pandemic as absolute catastrophic, which has distracted the overall supply chain activities, with significant shortcomings for businesses, consumers, and global economy. Though in a regular time, it been extremely challenging to ensure seamless operations, senior management had struggle respond critical uncertainties protect their employees, safeguard security, alle...

In this paper, the problem of sequencing machines in the final assembly line with regard to the supply of parts has been investigated. For this reason, a basic integer linear programming model has been developed and based on this, the problem-solving algorithm is developed in accordance with the reaction-based approach based on the renewal of the sequence of operations. Also, due to the Np-hard...

In this study, an optimization model is proposed to design a Global Supply Chain (GSC) for a medical device manufacturer under disruption in the presence of pre-existing competitors and price inelasticity of demand. Therefore, static competition between the distributors’ facilities to more efficiently gain a further share in market of Economic Cooperation Organization trade agreement (ECOTA) is...

Disruption on a supply chain provokes lost that should be minimized looking for alternative suppliers. This solution involves a strategy to manage the impact of the disruption and thus to recuperate the supply chain. Difficulty of the management is the diversity of involved factors such that turns complex to provide or choice a solution among the possible ones. Depending on the objective(s) to ...