The willingness to invest in Internet of Things (IoT) and Big Data Analytics (BDA) seems not
to depend on supply nor demand of technological innovations. The required sensing and …

The systems approach, or systems thinking, has been intimately connected with the
development of OR and management science initially through the work of founders such as …

This study aims at presenting the Ripple effect in supply chains. It develops different
dimensions of the Ripple effect and summarises recent developments in the field of supply …

While the literature related to supply-chain disruptions is informative, it has primarily focused
on supply-chain disruptions from a general or high-level view of the phenomenon (eg supply …

Food supply chains are confronted with increased consumer demands on food quality and
sustainability. When redesigning these chains the analysis of food quality change and …

Managing risk has become a critical component of supply chain management. The
implications of supply chain failures can be costly and lead to significant customer delivery …

Supply chains are complicated dynamical systems triggered by customer demands. Proper
selection of equipment, machinery, buildings and transportation fleets is a key component …

Mean-field deterministic epidemic models have been successful in uncovering several
important dynamic properties of stochastic epidemic spreading processes over complex …

Inventory inaccuracy is a main issue in businesses dealing with physical assets. The aim of
this paper is to examine the relationship between inventory inaccuracy and performance in a …

The Bullwhip Problem in supply chains is first outlined. A discrete control theory model of a
generic model of a replenishment rule is presented. From this model, an analytical …