Inventory Management has emerged as one of the important tools to improve operational efficiency over the last 30-40 years across the globe. Japanese companies such as Toyota pioneered lean manufacturing, which emphasizes on the need to maintain low inventory levels across the supply chain...

Environmental consciousness has become increasingly important in present times, as evident by the examples from both everyday life and business practices. In the manufacturing sector, the efforts to reduce the impact of environmentally harmful activities have collectively been labeled as green...

Supply chain contracting has been discussed usually under the two compliance regimes, forced and voluntary. Various contracts show different coordination characteristics in these two regimes. However, in practice, the enforcement of contracted quantities in case of forced compliance is always an...

Firms that sell very short life cycle products often receive quantity discounts from their suppliers and transporters for placing larger orders. Practitioners and researchers have begun to recognize the need to decide the end of the season markdowns by studying the sales pattern. The use of...

In this paper, we examine an apparel serial supply chain whose players initiate product “greening.” We consider situations in which the players cooperate or act individually. Our problem is motivated by recent developments in the supply chains of global apparel players. We build game...

This paper is based on a survey on manufacturing practices of Indian companies. The purpose was to get an insight into manufacturing priorities and action programmes. The study was also designed to capture the behaviour of manufacturing in the changing environment. Results indicate that...