Effects of cascade information sharing in inventory and service level in multi-echelon supply chains
DOI: 10.1504/IJBPSCM.2009.026262 | F.T.S. Chan, H.K. Chan | Information sharing has been regarded as an effective remedy to counteract supply chain dynamics, especially in the current era with advanced information technology. While sharing inventory information among supply chain members would certa... | 1 - 7 |
Metrics for performance measurement of a reverse/closed-loop supply chain
DOI: 10.1504/IJBPSCM.2009.026262 | Kishore K. Pochampally, Surendra M. Gupta, Kannan Govindan | Many a firm today continually evaluates the performance of its supply chain in order to check whether the supply chain needs to be re-designed with respect to the customers| needs and requirements. Due to the inherent differences in a tradi... | 8 - 32 |
A non-linear Black-Scholes equation
DOI: 10.1504/IJBPSCM.2009.026262 | Yan Qiu, Jens Lorenz | We study a modification of the Black-Scholes equation allowing for uncertain volatility. The model leads to a partial differential equation with non-linear dependence upon the highest derivative. Under certain assumptions, we show existence... | 33 - 40 |
Using inventory to handle risks in the supply of oil to Nepal
DOI: 10.1504/IJBPSCM.2009.026262 | Biju Kr. Thapalia, Stein W. Wallace, Michal Kaut | Nepal|s unique geographical features, frequent political disturbances, strikes, a limited and complicated road network, frequent road breakdowns, government interventions as well as a volatile international oil market make the supply chain ... | 41 - 60 |
Reverse logistics network design: a state-of-the-art literature review
DOI: 10.1504/IJBPSCM.2009.026262 | Piyawat Chanintrakul, Adrian E. Coronado Mondragon, Chandra Lalwani, Chee Yew Wong | In the last decade, research in reverse logistics has rapidly grown in both academia and business driven by factors such as economics, environmental legislations and corporate citizenship. Particularly in academic research, a variety of qua... | 61 - 81 |
Framework for benchmarking logistics performance using fuzzy AHP
DOI: 10.1504/IJBPSCM.2009.026262 | M.N. Qureshi, Pradeep Kumar, Dinesh Kumar | The use of 3PL services providers is increasing globally to accomplish the strategic objectives. In the increasingly competitive environment, logistics strategic management requires systematic and structured approach to have cutting edge ov... | 82 - 98 |
Estimating relative attractiveness of locations using data envelopment analysis
DOI: 10.1504/IJBPSCM.2009.026262 | Ramakrishnan Ramanathan | Competitive facility location problems involve identifying the best location of a facility that can capture maximum market share in the presence of competition. One of the most popular models for competitive facility location, namely the Hu... | 99 - 113 |
