We study contracting for a three-tier supply chain consisting of a buyer, a supplier, and a sub-supplier where disruptions of random length occur at the sub-supplier. As is common in supply chains, the buyer has a direct relationship with the supplier but not the sub-supplier; that is, the buyer...

Given the promise of 3D printing, also known as additive manufacturing, some innovative consumer goods companies have started to experiment with such a technology for on-demand production. However, the potential impact of 3D printing on retail and supply chain operations is not well understood....

Problem Definition: Manufacturing firms are undergoing re-structuring defined by a collection of adjustments and decisions, which affect the source and destination of manufactured products throughout the firm's global supply chain network. We report on a comprehensive picture of manufacturing...

Responsible supply chain is about ensuring that members of the supply chain are responsible for the well-being of the people and mother earth. There are both the environmental responsibility side and the social responsibility side. On top of this, responsibility also entails ensuring that...

Recent research has documented that companies are pursuing a variety of strategies to enhance supply-chain resilience. This paper examines how managers actually think about resilience strategies, and then analyzes the relationship between operations, supply-chain characteristics, and the...

Cloud computing has been a rising trend in the business world. In this paper, we consider two most important pricing schemes offered to sustained customers by major service providers in the cloud industry: the reservation-based scheme (the R-scheme) by Amazon or Microsoft, and the...

Effective regional planning and management of service facilities operating in a stochastic environment require a solid understanding of the demand processes of the customers being served. This thesis is concerned with the analysis of descriptive and normative models for the distribution of...

We study a two-stage supply chain, where the supplier procures a key component to manufacture a product and the retailer orders from the supplier to meet a price-sensitive demand. As the input price is volatile, the two parties enter into either a spot contract, where the retailer orders just...