Abstract Strengthening the Supply Chain is one solution to problems in rice farming
agriculture. Although Supply Chain Management (SCM) for rice farming has been made …

China has been introducing reforms in the electricity market. Since 2016, electricity retailers
are allowed to operate in the market once monopolized by traditional power companies …

This paper studies wholesale price contracts with risk constraints in a supply chain
consisting of a supplier and a capital-constrained retailer. A newsvendor-like retailer may …

The tradition of marketing only aesthetically agreeable produce by retailers contributes to a
major source of food loss through “ugly veg”, ie, the produce that does not look “regular”. In …

In a co-opetitive supply chain, an upstream contract manufacturer (CM) is more likely to not
only supply specified products to an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) but also to …

As a popular production mode, outsourcing enables the cost saving for original equipment
manufacturer (OEM) and the acquisition of advanced technology for contract manufacturer …

Events like the recent COVID-19 create major disruptions in global supply chains.
Companies find it difficult to manage business continuity under supply uncertainties and …

To address the problems of duplicate construction, disorderly competition, small scale, and
weak functionality, we examine the reorganization optimization of an inland river port group …

For the sake of better coping with the problem of material procurement, a multi-objective
optimisation model was established in a systematic analysis framework for material …

Even though organic farming is perceived worldwide as the most eco-friendly agricultural
method, its significantly lower yield compared to conventional farming poses a major …