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Logistics Information System Adoption and Firm Performance in the Suppliers Automotive Industry in Spain
Gonzalo-Lázaro, Pablo - 2015
The aim of this paper is to study the adoption of logistic information systems (LIS) in the automotive supplier industry of Spain and their implications on firm performance. We conducted a survey on more than 200 companies. Using a structural equation model, estimated by the Partial Least...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013019897
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Reverse Logistics – Capturing Value in the Extended Supply Chain
Fleischmann, Moritz; van Nunen, J.A.E.E; Grave, Ben; … - 2010
chain perspective to include new processes, known as ‘reverse logistics’, as well as multiple interrelated usage cycles ….In this chapter, we review the field of reverse logistics. We discuss its opportunities and its challenges and indicate … potential ways for companies to master them. We highlight what makes reverse logistics different from ‘conventional’ supply …
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Polynomial Time Algorithms for Some Multi-Level Lot-Sizing Problems with Production Capacities
van Hoesel, Stan; Romeijn, H. Edwin; Romero Morales, Dolores - 2012
We consider a model for a serial supply chain in which production, inventory, and transportation decisions are integrated, in the presence of production capacities and for different transportation cost functions. The model we study is a generalization of the traditional single-item economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014033651
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Reverse Logistics - a Review of Case Studies
de Brito, M. P.; Dekker, Rommert; Flapper, Simme D. P. - 2012
. Reverse Logistics dealswith the processes associated with the reverse stream fromusers/owners to re-users. This paper provides … a review and contentanalysis of scientific literature on reverse logistics case studies.Over sixty case studies are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014083591
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Vertical separation as a defense against strong suppliers
Matsushima, Noriaki; Mizuno, Tomomichi - 2009
We provide a simple model to investigate decisions about vertical separation. The key feature of this model is that more than one input is required for the final product of the downstream monopolist. We show that as the bargaining powers of independent complementary input suppliers grow larger,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003921809
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What factors determine the number of trading partners?
Matsushima, Noriaki; Shinohara, Ryusuke - 2011
The purpose of the paper is to provide a simple model explaining buyer-supplier relationships and show what factors determine the number of trading partners. We show that when the supplier is able to determine the number of trading partners, the optimal number is small if the supplier's...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008988875
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Cartel detection in procurement markets
Hüschelrath, Kai; Veith, Tobias - 2011
Cartel detection is usually viewed as a key task of either competition authorities or compliance officials in firms with an elevated risk of cartelization. We argue that customers of hard core cartels can have both incentives and possibilities to detect such agreements on their own initiative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009424165
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Protecting the Supply Chain : Differentiating Financial Distress at Large and Small Suppliers
Platt, Harlan D. - 2012
The paper examines whether it is better to separate a model/sample to account for differences between large and small firms when developing a predictive tool to identify which companies are likely to become distressed, and therefore at risk to the supply chain. Previous research has scaled data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013117032
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The Implication of Vendor Inventory Liability Period in a Decentralised Assembly System
Guan, Xu (Gavin) - 2020
This paper investigates a decentralized assembly system that consists of one manufacturer and multiple suppliers who produce the complementary components. In a single selling season, the manufacturer initially sets a vendor inventory liability period (VILP) to control the suppliers' delivery...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012838190
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The Effect of Acceptance Sampling and Risk Aversion on the Quality Delivered by Suppliers
Starbird, S. Andrew - 2007
Firms often use acceptance sampling to monitor the quality of the raw materials and components delivered by suppliers. In this paper, we use numerical methods to examine how a risk averse supplier produces and delivers a quality level that maximizes the supplier's expected utility. We examine...
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