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EOR
2007
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The value of early order commitment in a two-level supply chain
One approach to supply chain coordination is early order commitment, whereby a retailer commits to purchase a fixedorder quantity at a fixed delivery time before demand uncertai...
Xiande Zhao, Jinxing Xie, Jerry C. Wei
EOR
2007
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Incorporating inventory and routing costs in strategic location models
We consider a supply chain design problem where the decision maker needs to decide the number and locations of the distribution centers (DCs). Customers face random demand, and ea...
Zuo-Jun Max Shen, Lian Qi
KES
2008
Springer
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Information Coordination Using Meta-agents in Information Logistics Processes
In order to coordinate and deliver information in the right time and to the right place, theories from multi-agent systems and information logistics are combined. We use agents to ...
Mats Apelkrans, Anne Håkansson
JTAER
2008
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Reducing False Reads in RFID-Embedded Supply Chains
RFID tags are increasingly being used in supply chain applications due to their potential in engendering supply chain visibility and reducing tracking errors through instantaneous...
Yu-Ju Tu, Selwyn Piramuthu
JTAER
2008
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Effects of the RFID Mandate on Supply Chain Management
Recently, radio frequency identification (RFID) is being explored as a technology to be used in supply chain management. The use of RFID in the supply chain is an emerging technol...
Chin-Boo Soon, Jairo A. Gutiérrez
IOR
2008
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Promised Lead-Time Contracts Under Asymmetric Information
We study the important problem of how a supplier should optimally share the consequences of demand uncertainty (i.e., the cost of inventory excesses and shortages) with a retailer...
Holly Lutze, Özalp Özer
IJNVO
2008
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Analysing trust as a means of improving the effectiveness of the virtual supply chain
: This article focuses on trust within interorganisational virtual organisations, which are regarded as legally separate but operationally interdependent companies focused on respo...
Ian Paterson, Heather Maguire, Latif Al-Hakim
EJIS
2006
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Agility through scenario development and continuous implementation: a global aftermarket logistics case
This paper examines a business and IS/IT initiative at Volvo that involves managing the development and implementation of an agile aftermarket supply chain. The case is based on V...
Magnus Holmqvist, Kalevi Pessi
DSS
2006
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Supply chain information sharing in a macro prediction market
This paper aims to address supply chain partners' incentives for information sharing from an information systems design perspective. Specifically, we consider a supply chain ...
Zhiling Guo, Fang Fang, Andrew B. Whinston
IAJIT
2008
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A SCOR Reference Model of the Supply Chain Management System in an Enterprise
Abstract: State-of-the-art supply chain management systems can be obtained from the supply chain operations referencemodel for business applications, advancement and practices. Pro...
Danish Irfan, Xiaofei Xu, Shengchun Deng, Zengyou ...