In this paper three unlike coordinating contracts namely (i) joint rebate contract (ii) wholesale price discount contract and (iii) cost sharing contract are proposed for two echelon supply chain coordination perspective under stock and price induced demand. It is found analytically that the...

Shorter product life cycles and the resulting increase in new product introductions boost the importance of product launch operations. In the pharmaceutical sector, product launch operations are of particular importance, as companies seek to reduce time-to-market to better exploit patent...

Drawing upon resource dependence theory, this study investigates the linkages from supplier partnership and customer relationship to internal lean practices. Furthermore, this study investigates the linkages from internal lean practices (ILP) to operational performance and organizational...

Exponential smoothing methods are very commonly used for forecasting demand. Regarding the process of forecasting demand, the main approach towards the selection and optimisation of alternative methods relates to the minimisation of forecast error measures such as the mean square error (MSE)....

In a globally competitive environment, sustaining high yield with a minimum number of quality controls is key for manufacturing plants to remain competitive. In modern semiconductor manufacturing facilities, with the moves to ever smaller geometries and the variety among products to be run...

Forecasting aggregate retail sales may improve portfolio investors׳ ability to predict movements in the stock prices of retail chains. This paper uses 26 (23 single and 3 combination) forecasting models to forecast South Africa׳s aggregate seasonal retail sales. We use data from...

In an increasingly interconnected world, physical, service, and digital supply networks are becoming progressively more complex, dynamic, and interdependent. Moreover, sustainability concerns push for higher efficiency in the use of resources, reducing protective redundancies and making supply...

Lean management (LM) is a managerial approach for improving processes based on a complex system of interrelated socio-technical practices. Recently, debate has centered on the role of organizational culture (OC) in LM. This paper aims to contribute to this debate by examining whether plants that...

There is a trend in fashion product industry that firms launch new styles of their products more frequently. To investigate the optimal style launching strategy for a fashion firm, we propose a two-period pricing model for a fashion product firm. The firm sells a style of products in the first...

Product development (PD) is a broad field of endeavor dealing with the planning, design, creation, and marketing of a new product. This revolutionary research domain has become of paramount importance to beat the competition for multidisciplinary products which are larger in size and have a...