To gain cost advantage and market share, many firms implemented various initiatives such
as outsourced manufacturing and product variety. These initiatives are effective in a stable …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the supply chain operations planning (SCOP)
problem. The objective of SCOP is to coordinate the release of materials and resources in …

Supplemental Readings: A list of reference sources, including Internet websites will be
provided. Students are encouraged to read these materials for reference and class …

Conic optimization is a significant and thriving research area within the optimization
community. Conic optimization is the general class of problems concerned with optimizing a …

In this commentary, we trace back how we pursued research on the bullwhip effect, which
resulted in the article published in Management Science. We reflect on the evolution of this …

This work presents a comprehensive model of supply chain management. Experienced
executives from 20 companies clearly define supply chain management, identifying those …

“Supply Chain Risk Management is an issue that many companies face and yet few
companies know how to deal with it in a systematic and pragmatic manner. While avoiding …

The tendency of orders to increase in variability as one moves up a supply chain is
commonly known as the bullwhip effect. We study this phenomenon from a behavioral …

We use a simulation model called 'SISCO'to examine the effects in supply chains of
stochastic lead times and of information sharing and quality of that information in a periodic …

The research described in this thesis aimed at! obtaining insight into the applicability of the
concept Supply Chain Management (SCM) in food supply chains (SCs) from a logistical …