We consider a location-inventory optimization model for supply chain (SC) configuration. It includes a supplier, multiple distribution centers (DCs), and multiple retailers. Customer demand and replenishment lead time are considered to be stochastic. Two classes of customer orders, priority and ordinary, are assumed based on their demand. The goal is to find the optimal locations for DCs and their

Previous research into the upstream supply chain governance mechanisms that focal firms use with suppliers to improve their ethical performance and reputation is incipient. The original contribution includes the development of empirical model using global value chain and transaction cost perspective by exploring the complex power relationship between upstream supply chain governance mechanisms (Modular

On most modern energy markets, electricity is traded in advance and a power producer has to commit to deliver a certain amount of electricity some time before the actual delivery. This is especially difficult for power producers with renewable energy sources that are stochastic (like wind and solar). Thus, short-term electricity storages like batteries are used to increase flexibility. By contrast

Supply chain service platforms (SCSP) are playing an increasingly crucial role in improving the competitiveness of organizations in the digital economy. Little, however, is known about the critical factors to the adoption of SCSP in organizations for improving their performance. Drawing upon three domain theories in technology adoption in organizations including the technology-organization-environment

Customers participating in the firm's product co-creation can discern the precise valuation about the product before actual consumption and get a potential benefit which encourages them to buy the products they have co-created. This observation prompts firms to lower participation costs via customer co-creation investment (CCI) and attract customers to participate in their co-creation; meanwhile, provides

Sufficient cash flow and an appropriate capital structure are foundational for the smooth operations of firms. Factoring finance provides an efficient solution for suppliers to fill capital gaps and ensure normal production. Factoring can be provided through either external or internal finance, which are both examined in this study, via factor-led factoring or retailer-led factoring. This study discusses

Today supply chain operations are continuously threatened by frequent and unpredictable disruptions. To survive in such complex and fast-changing environments, firms need to develop resilient strategies for their supply chains. To this regard, previous studies in literature have shown that cooperative relationships play a relevant role. However, there are evidence that firms more often prefer a coopetition

Service platforms have rapid development in the online-to-offline new retail era. Although service platforms provide shopping convenience to consumers, they also face many challenges caused by the lack of regulations and relatively immature and unstandardized operations compared with traditional commercial markets. The downsides of service platform operations thus lead to consumer complaints. Using

Logistics systems that involve truncated timelines, where failure to meet such a timeline results in a substantial loss to business, have been coined ‘mission critical logistics’ systems, and their management is quite different from their ‘traditional’ counterparts. Yet, much of the research in this space has operated under the assumption that the methods, approaches, and tactics are equally applicable

Many organizations are confronted with the challenge of improving supply chain transparency not only to meet regulatory requirements, but also to optimize operations, guarantee the quality of outputs, and ensure the sustainability of processes. As this topic has garnered significant interest across a wide range of academic disciplines, there is a need to synthesize and categorize these diverse contributions

In recent years, online consumer reviews have become popular in platform sellers to increase product sales, and the literature has widely recognized those reviews’ positive impacts. Nevertheless, this paper identifies online consumer reviews’ negative impacts on the intra-brand competition (multi-product), and aims to study such effect on wholesale prices and product design strategies of players in

For on-demand service platforms in general (including food, grocery, and fresh-product delivery platforms) and, in particular, shared-mobility service systems, customers are plausibly heterogeneous in their private delay sensitivity and preference for products. This paper develops incentive contracts with substitution or non-substitution strategies, consisting of steady-state scheduling rules, probabilistic

In this paper, we construct the first stochastic Generalized Nash Equilibrium model for the study of competition among countries for limited supplies of medical items (PPEs, ventilators, etc.) in the disaster preparedness and response phases in the Covid-19 pandemic. The government of each country is faced with a two-stage stochastic optimization problem in which the first stage is prior to the pandemic

This study proposes a novel disruption prevention model that considers both long-term expansion decisions and short-term operational decisions to design and manage an electric vehicle charging station network under power demand uncertainty. A non-linear term is introduced into the model to prevent the evolution of excessive temperature on a power line under different exogenous factors (e.g., outside

Digital servitization transforms value creation processes and subsequently affects relationships and power structures in supply chains. Yet, previous studies present insightful but incomplete views on how digital servitization changes power balances between supply chain actors. Specifically, little attention has been paid to upstream firms, although they are particularly vulnerable to becoming disadvantaged

This paper proposes a new joint production, maintenance, and dynamic sampling inspection control policy, for failure-prone manufacturing systems. The integrated policy help decision-makers to find both production rate and maintenance frequency, as well as the size of the sample to be inspected. The inspection policy is based on a dynamic sampling plan, which adapts the sample size according to the

This paper aims to investigate the optimal strategies of mobile targeting promotion (MTP) between two competing firms. MTP is a marketing tool that pushes personalized promotion to apps embedded in mobile devices based on consumers’ real-time geographic locations. This paper examines competing firms’ MTP and pricing decisions in the classic Hotelling's linear city model with a more realistic setting

This paper seeks to enrich the theoretical debate on dynamic capabilities (DCs) in sustainable supply chain management (SSCM). By extending Beske et al.’s (2014) study, a systematic literature review was conducted, and articles matching our inclusion criteria were analyzed from 2002 to 2018. Yet, two major additions are made. For the first time, two distinctive sectors, i.e., the food and automotive

We examine the extent to which suppliers assimilate to their customers' inventory leanness levels. Drawing on institutional theory, we hypothesize that there is a positive relationship between major customer and supplier inventory leanness and that this effect is moderated by compliant, reflexive, and normative isomorphic forces. Specifically, we contend that interdependence, uncertainty, and the age

This paper explores the behavioral tendencies of buyer-supplier dyads during sustainable supply chain governance (SSCG) decision-making under the complexity and uncertainty of the sustainable performance of their partners. In doing so, this work builds on Behavioral Decision Theory (BDT), together with the literature on dyadic buyer-supplier relationships, to develop a theoretical framework to examine

In this paper, we propose an integrated design problem of Unmanned Aerial Mobility Network (UAMN), which includes airport location selection (strategic decision) and routes planning (operational decision) to minimize the total cost, while guaranteeing flow constraints, capacity constraints, and electricity constraints. To facility expensive long-term infrastructure planning facing demand uncertainty

Inventory managers are responsible for the trade-off between inventory holding costs and customer service. In this paper we consider a periodic review multi-item inventory system with exogenous lot-sizes and backordering. The objective is to minimise the total inventory holding costs subject to the constraint that the aggregate fill rate should be at least equal to a target level. The aggregate fill

We consider a hybrid manufacturing/remanufacturing system where the returned products (cores) are classified into different quality grades. Each grade requires different remanufacturing operations and thus lead times. We examine the implications of the quality-grading scheme on the dynamic behavior of closed-loop supply chains, benchmarking this against a typical system where all the returns undergo

Due to the adverse impact of packaging materials on several ecosystems, the circular and sustainable approaches to manage packaging waste have been receiving increasing attention worldwide. Plastic pails are widely used primary packaging materials that are cost-effective, lightweight, yet long-lasting. In the present study, we propose a closed-loop supply chain (CLSC) network design model to jointly

Many e-commerce supply chains adopt dual channels (marketplace and reselling) to reach more consumers. Comparison between the two channels has been thoroughly conducted in the literature. However, in most cases, the two channels are adopted sequentially rather than simultaneously. Research on whether to add another channel to a current channel is deficient. This paper investigates the channel addition

The role of big data in implementing supply chain finance (SCF) initiatives lacks empirical study. There is little guidance available for managers on developing an integrated SCF process in the era of big data. Using organizational information processing theory, this study develops and empirically tests a theoretical framework that investigates the effect of big data analytics capability (BDAC) on

Digitalization is currently reshaping business models and providing more opportunities for cross-border supply chains. Maritime transportation occupies a crucial position in the global supply chain and information systems are playing an increasingly important role in the industry. In contrast with information systems used in other industries, interorganizational information systems in the maritime

In a circular economy, the use of recycled resources in production is a key performance indicator for management. Yet, academic studies are still unable to inform managers on appropriate recycling and pricing policies. We develop an optimal control model integrating a firm's recycling rate, which can use both virgin and recycled resources in the production process. Our model accounts for recycling

The bullwhip effect, also known as demand information amplification, is one of the principal obstacles in supply chains. In recent decades, extensive studies have explored its operational causes and have proposed corresponding solutions in the context of production inventory and supply chain systems. However, the underlying assumption of these studies is that human decision-making is always rational

Most retailers offer a price adjustment protection policy. With this policy, if the retailer discounts the product, then time-eligible consumers who paid the regular price can apply and get a refund of the price difference. We show that for perishable products and a given order quantity and demand realization, offering price adjustment protection will not decrease the revenue of the retailer. Also

Predictive Maintenance (PdM) is a condition-based maintenance strategy (CBM) that carries out maintenance action when needed, avoiding unnecessary preventive actions or failures. Machine learning (ML), in the form of advanced monitoring and diagnosis technologies, has become increasingly attractive. Implementing ML-based PdM is a difficult and expensive process, especially for those companies which

Supplier selection is a critical decision with sustainability impacts in global supply chain. This study explores how different dimensions of a supplier's sustainability can affect managers' evaluation and consequent selection of a supplier. An experimental research method is applied to examine a series of hypotheses that integrate the sustainable supply chain management literature and the behavioural

We study a problem to decide which of the two manufacturing configurations – multiple dedicated lines or a single multi-model manufacturing line – is economically more preferable for manufacturing products of several types in a given time period. The goal of employing any of the two configurations is to maximize the total profit, subject to the product demand and manufacturing time constraints. The

The paper aims to present a theoretical study of inventory allocation in two retailer warehouses that form a spatial duopoly on the finite horizon, where the shortage of goods, and not only prices, determines their market areas, depending on the customer's travel decisions to minimise not only the cost of purchasing the items but also the travel expenses under uncertainties of availability of the products

We consider a profit-maximizing original equipment manufacturer (OEM) that produces a new product for the primary market. At the end of the first stage of product use, the OEM collects the used products (cores) and remanufactures them if they are eligible for remanufacturing; otherwise, the OEM sends them to material recycling. In the US and most European countries, the product take-back regulation

It is unclear how a natural disaster such as earthquake affects disaster-stricken firms’ industry peers located in other countries. While those industry peers might benefit from the disaster due to the competitive advantage gained over the disaster-stricken firms (positive competitive effect), they might also suffer from the disaster due to their linkages to the disaster-stricken firms (negative contagion

Supply chain network design (SCND) is a key strategic decision in supply chain management (SCM). One particular area of SCND is concerned with disruption risk modelling. This paper presents a systematic literature review of quantitative models of SCND under disruption risks in industrial SCM and logistics. More specifically, our analysis is focused on different costs induced by the planning of proactive

Inventory record inaccuracy (IRI) is the mismatch between the quantity that is recorded in a company's inventory management system and the quantity that is actually physically available. IRI can lead to significant issues in retail, e.g., by causing stockouts and revenue losses triggered by unnecessary replenishment. This paper evaluates the effects of IRI on retail store inventory and sales management

Research on merging lines is expanding as their use grows significantly in the contexts of remanufacturing, reverse logistics and developing economies. This article is the first to study the behavior of unpaced, reliable, and unreliable merging assembly lines that are deliberately unbalanced with respect to their coefficients of variation (CV). Conducting a series of simulation runs with varying line

In this paper, we respond to the COVID-19 pandemic by constructing supply chain network optimization models, which explicitly include labor as an important variable in the network economic activity links, along with associated capacities. Labor is a critical resource in supply chains from production to transportation, storage, and distribution. In a pandemic, the availability of labor for different

The use of lean production methods to drive sustainable competitive advantage has been a cornerstone of worldwide manufacturing strategy since the early 1980's. Unfortunately, success from using lean has been mixed. Some researchers suggest that contextual variables play a central role in explaining the inconsistent results. This study evaluates the role of one critical contextual variable, organizational

In the information age, collaborative innovation in process and product is critically important. In this paper, we study the value of a supply chain innovation in which one upstream supplier and one downstream manufacturer may co-develop a product that includes several innovative elements. The supplier is responsible for process innovation to optimise the production system and reduce unit production

The allocation mechanism of carbon abatement quotas is an important regulation to abate carbon emissions. Data envelopment analysis (DEA) is adopted in this study to measure the allocation among industrial firms. Different from previous studies, our research takes the carbon abatement capability (CAC) as one crucial focus. A DEA model is developed to measure the CAC by using slacks. A novel centralized

Quantitative evaluation of the impact of traffic accessibility within large cities on innovation quality is conducive to a better understanding of urban governance and sustainable development. This paper analyzed the impact of traffic accessibility on regional and enterprise innovation using the big data from a floating car track monitored by the platform in five large cities in China. The study found

The fast-growing practice of e-commerce implies a strong increase in the urban parcel delivery, which in turn creates significant pressure on last-mile city logistics. Because the crowdsourced delivery offers greater flexibility and requires less capital investment than traditional delivery methods, it has been playing a more crucial role when faced with the growing demand for the urban parcel delivery

Soon, a new generation of Collaborative Robots embodying Human-Robot Teams (HRTs) is expected to be more widely adopted in manufacturing. The adoption of this technology requires evaluating the overall performance achieved by an HRT for a given production workflow. We study this performance by solving the underlying scheduling problem under different production settings. We formulate the problem as

The objective of this paper is two-fold. First, it aims at empirically validating bundles of Lean Automation (LA) practices and principles. Second, it verifies their impact on operational performance improvement. For that, we surveyed 110 manufacturers who have been concomitantly implementing Lean Production (LP) and Industry 4.0 (I4.0). The collected responses were examined using multivariate data

In the aftermath of large-scale natural disasters, supply shortage and inequitable distribution cause various losses, hindering humanitarian supply chains’ performance. The optimal decisions are difficult due to the complexity arising from the multi-period post-disaster consideration, uncertainty of supplies, hierarchal decision levels and conflicting objectives in sustainable humanitarian supply chains

The oil and gas supply chain (OGSC) is considered to have one of the most significant stakes in the U.S. economy because of its interconnectedness with supply chains in other sectors, such as health and medicine, food, heavy manufacturing, and services. While oil and gas development is expanding exponentially, various factors ranging from man-made to natural disasters can hinder OGSC processes, which

Return shipping insurance (RSI) has been widely adopted by retailers on major online platforms such as Taobao.com and JD.com to compensate online consumers for their return shipping fee. There are two types of RSI, namely free RSI (f-RSI), under which the retailer covers the RSI premium, and for-a-fee RSI (faf-RSI), under which consumers pay the premium. We study the optimal f-RSI and faf-RSI strategies

This paper investigates a dual-channel supply chain where a manufacturer sells substitutable green products to its downstream subsidiary as well as an independent retailer. Most research in the literature assumes centralized encroachment, where the manufacturer makes all decisions for the subsidiary. In this paper, we make a major contribution by considering decentralized encroachment, a business practice

In 2019 China accounted for 14 percent of world total outward foreign direct investment, with 188 countries recipients of this investment. However research suggests that 67 percent of this investment is considered unsuccessful. Furthermore, the current Covid-19 outbreak has severely hindered global economic and trade activities. This is partly due to an under-efficiency of Chinese expatriate executives

This paper focuses on studying how the industrial symbiosis members determine the optimal production plan after weighing the demand for core products and the supply and demand of waste. Considering the government waste disposal tax, optimal solutions of two manufacturers who have the potential in achieving waste symbiosis are derived from different supply-demand relations of waste. Then, we find that

This paper introduces the integrated disassembly line balancing and routing problem with mobile additive manufacturing (I-DLB-RP-MAM). In the I-DLB-RP-MAM, end-of-life products are first disassembled in a single disassembly center, and a vehicle equipped with a 3D printer then dispatches both recycled and 3D printed components to the customers, i.e. remanufacturing centers. Several demanded components

This paper investigates a platform service supply chain composed of a single supplier and a service platform that not only resells products but also may serve as an intermediary that connects the supplier to consumers directly. The service platform can improve the performance of the retail channel by investing in retail service. The supplier decides whether to encroach on the retail market by opening

Drawing on the natural resource-based view and coordination theory, this study examines the extent to which different combinations of internal and external green supply chain management (GSCM) practices influence third-party logistics providers' (TPLs) operational and financial performances. A fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis of survey data from 232 TPLs shows that combined internal and external

We study the effect of quantity and quality of environmental disclosure of a corporation, and also assess the impact of government intervention through subsidies on the corporation. Both positive and negative information levels and respective subsidies, and three different government policies (i.e., environmental policy, disclosure benefit policy, and social welfare policy) are considered. The resulting

In the past decade, several publicized issues have revealed that the environmental and social performance of major automotive companies does not always conform to regulations or expectations. The purpose of this paper is to explore the sustainability behavior of automotive companies. Based on a systematic literature review, it is found that previous studies (a) offer only partial explanations for the

In this paper, two types of parking spaces, namely public and private parking spaces, are technically allocated to the drivers who may require a long or short time slot. Dynamic allocation and pricing process increase the complexity of evaluating the performance. We design a Physical Internet (PI) enabled parking management system to establish parking networks and collect real-time information for