Simple Supply Chain

The Simple Supply Chain site summarises the latest academic articles from the top journals within supply chain management into one simple message This is the perfect location for all supply chain professionals to remain up to date in their field [email protected]

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A decision support tool...

...has been developed that integrates risks in a decision making process and balances the risk with forecast revenue

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In investment decisions...

...different support values exist but the key criterion for investment decision remains the net present value

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Inventory management...

...in centralised and decentralised organisations can be improved with a correct profit sharing model

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Supply chain stability...

...improves performance but cooperation among the supply chain firms does not always support supply chain stability and performance

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A buyers' supplier selection problem...

...can be solved by using a formula that takes into account the preference of the decision makers

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A buyers' and a suppliers' perception of a supply chain and its attributes will differ and the outcome might be a loss in supply chain performance

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An experiment about supply chain contracts...

...in retailing has been done and it was found that offering free products might reduce the overall cost if it will optimise the order quantity

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The Management Practices Tool...

...that was developed in 2007 has been evaluated and it is found that it captures the relevant key data about management practices

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When a product recall is made...

...a Chinese company suffer from greater financial losses than their western counterpart.

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Long term performance...

...of a product and its surrounded services will improve by investing in design for the products durability and its services

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A formula has been...

...developed that can optimise the total time needed for a machine to complete a job when the machine also needs to be re-set, and the person re-setting it needs to learn how to do it

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Profit can increase...

...if a clever shipping policy is developed so that fresh products from farmers can reach a secondary market with low risk of investments

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The Manufacturing Process...

...can be improved by using a developed cost model that calculates all related costs for the process

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A buyer who...

...also manages inventory, will in this experiment not stick to his initial inventory plan when the demand suddenly changes

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In Operations Management...

...the team is an important factor and it can now be determined that certain combinations of structure and support will generate better performance

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An Inventory Manager...

...will perform better if he is Intelligent but not very interested in social activities or open to new experiences

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Human behavior...

...can have positive impact on health care of elderly people as a service that is normally already customised, will also be personally delivered to the patient

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