By using the methods of multi-criteria analysis it is possible to make decisions which have significant influence on companies' business. The aim of this paper is to evaluate different suppliers using the integrated model that recognizes a combination of fuzzy AHP (Analytical Hierarchy Process)...

Semiconductor manufacturing performed on expensive machines requires repetitive use of several similar processing operations. Owing to economic considerations, these expensive machines are always shared among many products or a product at different stages of its manufacturing process. The...

Using data collected by the World Bank, we empirically investigate the relationship between Chinese manufacturers' supply chain attributes, raw material and finished goods inventory turnover, and return on sales. Our findings indicate that location proximity, relationship continuity, and the...

Radio frequency identification (RFID) is one of the most influential technologies of the twenty-first century. Today, RFID technology is being applied in a wide array of disciplines in science research and industrial projects. The significant impact of RFID is clearly visible by the rate of...

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted vulnerabilities in upstream pharmaceutical supply chains (PSC) associated with the manufacture of essential active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs). The need to develop health countermeasures provided new impetus to supporting advanced manufacturing...

To improve a firm's supply chain performance, it is essential to have a vendor evaluation process to be able to showcase an organization's success in the present aggressive market. Hence, the process of evaluating the vendor is a crucial task of the purchasing executives in supply chain...

We explore the manufacturer's incentives to use a dual-channel supply chain rather than only a direct or an indirect channel in simultaneous price competition. We first revisit the demand formulation widely used in the context of channel analysis and introduce a different demand formulation...

The study investigated sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) practices pertaining to environmental perspective of manufacturing companies in India. Using factor analysis, the study identified three dimensions under environmental. It included companies from distinct sectors. Sample was...

Purpose: It is a fact that there is a great deal of knowledge gap in the existing supply chain management literature, especially on sustainable practices followed by emerging-markets manufacturing industries. Therefore, this paper aims to study sustainable supply chain practices and its...