Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Ammar Jilani Author-X-Name-First: Ammar Author-X-Name-Last: Jilani Author-Name: Yousaf Ali Author-X-Name-First: Yousaf Author-X-Name-Last: Ali Author-Name: Muhammad Waseem Khan Author-X-Name-First: Muhammad Waseem Author-X-Name-Last: Khan Title: Greening of humanitarian supply chain with focus on logistics Abstract: Natural disasters and the conventional responses to the disasters disturb the environment and all the living and non-living things surround it. By both scenarios, disaster and logistical response, environment is further damaged as bulk of carbon emissions add up to the already fragile environmental health. This research explores the issues due to natural disasters and the response to these disasters, and to make the humanitarian logistics green so that further damage could be reduced. Since there exists a low quantity of literature regarding a green or sustainable humanitarian logistics, for the sake of comparison, the method of introduction of sustainable concepts in commercial logistics has been highlighted. Those very concepts which have common grounds with humanitarian logistics have been borrowed, restructured, and introduced particularly considering the constraints and resource availability faced during humanitarian operations. Debatable points have been extracted from the review of literature, organised into hypotheses, tested through the collection of data, and analysed through ANOVA. The major findings suggested to decrease the vehicle load volume which would result in an increase of vehicle fill-rate, and correspondingly less damage would be done to the environment due to the logistics. Journal: Int. J. of Business Performance and Supply Chain Modelling Pages: 49-66 Issue: 1 Volume: 10 Year: 2018 Keywords: humanitarian logistics; disaster management; humanitarian supply chain; green humanitarian supply chain; ANOVA. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=93319 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijbpsc:v:10:y:2018:i:1:p:49-66 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Nita H. Shah Author-X-Name-First: Nita H. Author-X-Name-Last: Shah Author-Name: Mrudul Y. Jani Author-X-Name-First: Mrudul Y. Author-X-Name-Last: Jani Author-Name: Urmila Chaudhari Author-X-Name-First: Urmila Author-X-Name-Last: Chaudhari Title: Inventory policies for maximum fixed life-time product with quadratic demand under permissible delay in payments for a single supplier-two retailers Abstract: In this article, we study inventory policies with permissible delay in payment from a single supplier to two retailers. We consider the product with maximum fixed-life time deterioration as loss of utility is the real scenario of products like fruits, vegetables, juices, etc. Here, time dependent quadratic demand is discussed which is suitable for the products whose demand increases primarily and afterward it starts to decrease. First, we discuss the centralised inventory system in which supplier and retailers willingly take joint decision. Next we address the model with decentralised policy in which supplier and both retailers take individual decisions. The objective is to minimise the total cost in centralised and decentralised policy with respect to cycle times of supplier and two retailers. The model is supported with numerical examples. Sensitivity analysis is carried out to derive insights for decision-maker. Journal: Int. J. of Business Performance and Supply Chain Modelling Pages: 33-48 Issue: 1 Volume: 10 Year: 2018 Keywords: inventory control; permissible delay in payments; centralised and decentralised policy; maximum fixed life-time. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=93320 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijbpsc:v:10:y:2018:i:1:p:33-48 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Thomas Ngniatedema Author-X-Name-First: Thomas Author-X-Name-Last: Ngniatedema Author-Name: Thierry Romual Dzati Kamga Author-X-Name-First: Thierry Romual Dzati Author-X-Name-Last: Kamga Author-Name: Louis Aimé Fono Author-X-Name-First: Louis Aimé Author-X-Name-Last: Fono Author-Name: Georges Dieudonné Mbondo Author-X-Name-First: Georges Dieudonné Author-X-Name-Last: Mbondo Author-Name: Suhong Li Author-X-Name-First: Suhong Author-X-Name-Last: Li Title: Postponement and international transfer in global supply chains Abstract: In this paper, we develop an analytical model for form postponement in global supply chain subject to variations in international transfers and tariffs, in service levels and in deviation from a supply delivery schedule that falls within a window. We examine the benefits of postponement under the influence of these factors, and we derive the necessary conditions for a strategic choice of both the 'postponement timing', (early or delayed differentiation) and the 'decoupling points', (early or late shipping) under decoupled and non-decoupled systems. The study shows when one type of the strategies is more beneficial than the other. Our analysis indicates that the boundaries of a delivery window, the point of differentiation, the point of export, the safety factor, and the relative production cost differences across countries play an important role under postponement. We use the production of Desk Jet printers at Hewlett Packard to illustrate the applicability of this model. Journal: Int. J. of Business Performance and Supply Chain Modelling Pages: 1-32 Issue: 1 Volume: 10 Year: 2018 Keywords: form postponement; delivery window; delivery performance; global supply chains modelling. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=93321 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijbpsc:v:10:y:2018:i:1:p:1-32 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Yulia Panova Author-X-Name-First: Yulia Author-X-Name-Last: Panova Author-Name: Olli-Pekka Hilmola Author-X-Name-First: Olli-Pekka Author-X-Name-Last: Hilmola Title: Evaluation of manufacturing unit location in Russia - European trade and logistics perspective Abstract: The research examines the location problem of a manufacturing unit as a two-level process. Firstly, at the upper level, macro-analysis of the eight Russian regions was conducted to estimate the potential of placing the unit on one of these. The location-selection decision was made via the most frequently used multi-criteria evaluation approach (AHP) based on the eight decision factors. At the second step, the analysis on micro-level was carried out to define the specific location within the selected region. In particular, the research looks at the industrial zone of Ust-Luga seaport located in the North-West region. The expected multiplicative effect, which can be derived from an integrated development of manufacturing and seaport as well as railways, was analytically evaluated. Application to the described agglomeration economies help to understand, why economic activity clusters together. Journal: Int. J. of Business Performance and Supply Chain Modelling Pages: 67-89 Issue: 1 Volume: 10 Year: 2018 Keywords: seaports; manufacturing; clusters; agglomeration economies; value-added services. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=93326 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijbpsc:v:10:y:2018:i:1:p:67-89