Purpose The purpose of this paper is twofold: to classify the research to-date on Supply
Chain Finance (SCF) according to the main themes and methods, and to propose directions …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to provide a review of inventory management articles
published in major logistics outlets, identify themes from the literature and provide future …

Over the past half-century, manufacturers have strived to achieve “Zero Inventory (ZI)”
manufacturing, which puts the burden on suppliers to build their warehouses nearby …

This research evaluates how vendor managed inventory (VMI) affects a supply channel.
Specifically, VMI always leads to a higher buyer's profit, but supplier's profit varies. In the …

This study reveals that in supply networks both external and internal integration practices
have a significant and positive impact on responsiveness. The use of an international …

This study develops a supply chain finance adoption model to investigate the key drivers
and corresponding outcomes of supply chain finance adoption decisions. We examine the …

Using an expert system, this study is a pioneer in the formulation of an original Mixed Integer
Linear Programming to integrate Vendor Managed Inventory strategy into the general multi …

Multi-level decision-making (MLDM) handles problems that require compromise between
the objectives of two or more interacting entities which are arranged within a hierarchical …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to seek to investigate performance outcomes of
vendor managed inventory (VMI) from a buyer's perspective and enablers for its successful …

Consumer goods supply chains have gradually incorporated lean manufacturing principles
to identify and reduce non-value-added activities. Companies implementing lean practices …