Early on the second day of the two-day Value Stream Mapping (VSM) event, the legal counsel for the XS division attends the meeting. He had been brought in by the XS division manager who viewed the suggestions and recommendations made during the Current State exercise on the first day as push...

Recently researchers have integrated aspects of supply risk management into decision models for determining the optimal design of supply networks. A purchasing manager faces a fundamental trade-off when designing the supply network and deciding upon the allocation of purchasing volumes across a...