AbstractThe following sections are included:SummaryIntroductionLiterature ReviewFirm, customer, and productsDefinitions of servitizationServitization process, model and strategyEffects of servitizationServitization FrameworkMarketCompetencies in the supply chainProduct-service-knowledge system...

A heuristic scheduling policy for multi-item, single-machine scheduling systems facing stochastic, time-varying demands was previously introduced by Leachman and Gascon. In this technical note we provide an improvement to the calculations of the policy. Simulation tests of the revised version of...

We address the concept of an integrated inventory allocation and shipping model for a manufacturer with limited production capacity and multiple types of retailers with different backorder/waiting and delivery costs. The problem is to decide how to allocate and deliver produced items when the...

A product-service system (PSS) is a novel type of business model that integrates products and services in a single system. It provides a strategic alternative to product-oriented economic growth and price-based competition in the global market. This research proposes a methodology to support the...

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to conduct an empirical investigation into the impact of supply chain dependence (including customer dependence and supplier dependence) on credit risk through the lens of social network theory (SNT) by focusing on how to manage firm risk using supply chain...

This article proposes a new method for measuring an aggregative efficiency of multiple period production systems. Every organization or firm generates a time series of data that represent its performances in the resource utilization and output production over multiple periods, and often desires...