Purpose – This paper sets out to investigate the impact of various supply chain advancements within a perishable goods environment. Design/methodology/approach – The study uses discrete event simulation to evaluate diverse adjustments within the distribution framework of a food manufacturer...

Purpose – The purpose of this research is to apply a simulation experiment to investigate the impact of new components purchasing and used components recovery strategies on multiple performance measures. The research compares the effectiveness of these strategies, given different levels of...

Down with inventory! Do away with inventory! So cry the advocates of the Just‐in‐Time doctrine—a doctrine that holds that inventory by nature is idle and wasteful and by reason is an encumbrance on the operations and finances of an organization. Their denouncements of both intentional and...

In Today's increasingly complex business environment, many firms are working more closely and sharing greater information with trading partners. The utilization of automatic replenishment programs (ARPs) for inventory management represents an example of how firms are cooperating to improve...

The telecommunications industry is characterized by short product life cycles, driven by rapid market development and sometimes by new technologies emerging from internal and external research and design activities. These innovations cause product changes ranging from cosmetic, such as...