A study of barriers to agile manufacturing
DOI: 10.1504/IJASM.2007.015679 | M. Asif Hasan, Ravi Shankar, Joseph Sarkis | Manufacturers in the 21st century enterprises have to cope with an increasingly dynamic and competitive environment. In order to function effectively within this environment, manufacturers have sought to apply a variety of principles, one o... | 1 - 22 |
Integrated modelling of agile enterprise networks
DOI: 10.1504/IJASM.2007.015679 | Dmitry Ivanov, Joachim Kaeschel, Boris Sokolov | Agile enterprise networks, also called as Collaborative Networks (CN) emerge in a decentralised and dynamical way instead of former static hierarchical cooperation and value chains. The CN modelling and optimisation issues differ from those... | 23 - 49 |
Variants, solution approaches and applications for Vehicle Routing Problems in supply chain: agile framework and comprehensive review
DOI: 10.1504/IJASM.2007.015679 | K. Ganesh, A. Sam Nallathambi, T.T. Narendran | Vehicle routing constitutes a vital aspect of logistics management. The numerous applications of the problem includes, namely, movement of industrial goods along a supply chain, courier services, public transport, urban solid waste collecti... | 50 - 75 |
Supply chain agility: analysing the enablers
DOI: 10.1504/IJASM.2007.015679 | M.N. Faisal, D.K. Banwet, R. Shankar | Supply chain agility is important as it provides the capability to quickly adapt the changing market requirements. So every organisation is working towards transforming their supply chains into agile entities. But, it needs a proper underst... | 76 - 91 |
Modelling, simulation and optimisation of port system management
DOI: 10.1504/IJASM.2007.015679 | Keshav Dahal, Stuart Galloway, Ian Hopkins | The effective management of port systems forms a significant economic and operational challenge for the port operators. Essentially, these ports receive, store, process and dispatch a variety of bulk commodities. This paper details the mode... | 92 - 108 |
Analysis of interaction among the barriers of Third Party Logistics
DOI: 10.1504/IJASM.2007.015679 | Akhilesh Barve, Arun Kanda, Ravi Shankar | Changes in the business environment due to the varying needs of the customers lead to uncertainty in the decision parameters. A supply chain satisfied the needs of customers if it is agile in nature. The importance of the Third Party Logist... | 109 - 129 |
