The bullwhip effect refers to the amplifcation of demand variation when moving upstream the supply chain. Bullwhip research so far has mainly focused on linear and distributor networks while integrator and more general network types have not been analyzed in detail yet. First, we derive a metric...

There are some organizational and technical forces behind the momentum of Enterprise Collaboration, which lead to the emergence of a model of collaboration to achieve the goals of integration for enterprises and extended enterprises. This book presents a general Enterprise Resources Market model...

Supply chain structure of global enterprises tend to develop dramatically. These lead to more difficulty for enterprises in managing and building information sharing systems. Thus, it is a necessary for enterprises to limit the scope of the information sharing system by selecting essential...