We study the inventory control problem of a retailer working under stochastic demand and stochastic limited supply. We assume that the unfilled part of the retailer׳s order is fully backordered at the supplier and replenished with certainty in the following period. As it may not always be...

Radio frequency identification (RFID) is an internet of things technology that provides many benefits to the healthcare industry’s supply chain. However, a challenge faced by healthcare industry is the limited adoption and use of RFID by physicians and nurses. This research extended existing...

The world fleet capacity has been continuously enlarged in container liner shipping. In line with the enlargement, new ship generations have been launched, especially since the 1990s.The paper concentrates on the two major issues of capacity expansion and growth of ship size in the industry....

The use of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) as a tool for improving shelf replenishment processes in stores has attracted the interest of several retailers. However, the performance of RFID-based inventory control policies is influenced by a variety of design choices, technology...

The design and planning of more sustainable supply chains should take into account several impacts for a proper assessment of the environmental performance of the logistic activities. Unfortunately, minimizing several environmental objectives simultaneously leads to hard optimization problems....

While inter-organizational information integration is believed to benefit supply chain management (SCM), prior studies have shown mixed results. Based on Organizational Information Processing Theory, we question this belief and highlight the importance of information technology (IT)-enabled...

This paper develops a Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) model for a two-level supply chain comprised of one vendor and several non-competing retailers in which both the raw material and the finished product have different deterioration rates. It is assumed that the market demand for the finished...

Global manufacturing companies have some pressing needs to improve production visibility and decision-making performance by implementing effective production monitoring and scheduling. This paper proposes a radio frequency identification (RFID)-based intelligent decision support system...

With fast development and application, the Internet of Things (IoT) brings more opportunities to business. This research aims to investigate how IoT could lead to a co-evolving business ecosystem rather than a supply chain. It develops the 6C framework to analyze the data collected from case...

In a production-inventory system, the manufacturer produces the items at a rate, e.g. R, dispatches the order quantities to the customers in specific intervals and stores the excess inventory for subsequent deliveries. Therefore each inventory cycle of the manufacturer can be divided into two...